| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 525 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Christopher Big sby and Don B. Wilmeth -- Timeline: beginnings to 1870 / Don B. Wilmeth and Jonathan Curley -- 1 American theatre in context, from the beginnings to 1870 / Bruce McConachie -- 2 Structure and management in the American theatre from the beginning to 1870 / Douglas McDermott -- 3 Plays and playwrights -- Plays and playwrights: to 1800 / Peter A. Davis -- Plays and playwrights: 1800-1865 / Gary A. Richardson -- 4 The Actors -- European actors and the star system in the American theatre, 1752-1870 / Simon Williams -- The emergence of the American actor / Joseph Roach -- 5 Scenography, stagecraft, and architecture in the American theatre: beginnings to 1870 / Mary C. Henderson -- 6 Paratheatricals and popular stage entertainment / Peter G. Buckley |
| Summary |
The Cambridge History of American Theatre is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to play writing, directors, performers, and designers. Engaging the theatre as a performance art, a cultural institution, and a fact of American social and political life, the History recognizes changing styles of presentation and performance and addresses the economic context that conditions the drama presented. The History approaches its subject with a full awareness of relevant developments in literary criticism, cultural analysis, and performance theory. At the same time, it is designed to be an accessible, challenging narrative. Volume One deals with the colonial inceptions of American theatre through the post-Civil War period: the European antecedents, the New World influences of the French and Spanish colonists, and the development of uniquely American traditions in tandem with the emergence of national identity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Theater -- United States -- History
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American drama -- History and criticism
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American drama.
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Theater.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilmeth, Don B
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Bigsby, C. W. E
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| ISBN |
9781139054720 |
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1139054724 |
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9780511467332 |
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0511467338 |
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