| Description |
xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Theatre production studies |
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Theatre production studies.
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| Contents |
1. Origins of the avant-garde -- 2. Theories and foundations -- 3. Off Broadway, Happenings, and the Living Theatre -- 4. The 1960s: collectives and rituals -- 5. Smith, Wilson, and Foreman -- 6. Performance art (and the origins of the Wooster Group) -- 7. The Wooster Group, Reza Abdoh, and the end of the avant-garde |
| Summary |
"This contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s. American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History offers definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by examining: Gertrude Stein, John Cage, the Beat writers, avant-garde cinema, abstract expressionism, and minimalism." "There are discussions and illustrations of the production of the Living Theatre, the Wooster Group, Open Theatre, Ontological Hysteric Theatre and Performance Group, among many others. Aronson also examines why avant-grade theatre declined and virtually disappeared at the end of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-232) and index |
| Subject |
Experimental theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
00032215 |
| ISBN |
041502580X hardback |
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0415241391 paperback |
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