American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969
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Product details:
- Edition number and title :A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 13 February 1997
- ISBN 9780195090796
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages480 pages
- Size 197x241x43 mm
- Weight 1004 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the concluding volume of Bordman's monumental history of the American non-musical stage, covering the years 1930-1969. These are essentially years of decline in number of shows and ultimately in standards. The period does however cover much of the best work of Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee, among others.
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This book concludes Gerald Bordman's survey of American non-musical theatre. It deals with the years 1930 to 1970, a period when the production of new plays was declining, but, at the same time, a period when American drama fully entered the world stage and became a dominant presence. Despite the looming presence of the film industry, this period was a golden age rich in plays, playwrights, and performers. From Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey into Night and Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, American theatre finally reached adulthood both dramatically and psychologically. In addition, many brilliant acting careers were launched or climaxed on the American stage, including Henry Fonda and Jessica Tandy, and foreign stars, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Bordman's study covers every Broadway production, and, increasingly in the 1950s and 1960s, every major off-Broadway show. His discussion moves season by season and show by show in chronological order; he offers plot synopses and details the physical production, directors, players, theaters, and newspaper reviews. Bordman stops at 1970, because, in his view, the decline in quantity and quality had reached an all time low, with British playwrights providing the only memorable dramas on the English-speaking stage. This book and the preceding volumes of The American Theatre stands as the standard history of American drama in all its aspects.
Theater aficiandos will revel in Bordman's newest addition to his acclaimed 'American Theatre' series....This volume stands as the premier record of American theater for the mid-20th century. A lively, sweeping reference source highly recommended for both academic and large public libraries.
