| Description |
ix, 212 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Background: Americanism of American theater / Barnard Hewitt -- Pioneers of the new theater movement / John Gassner -- Playwrights of the 1930's / Malcolm Goldstein -- pt. 2. Big time: Broadway after World War II / Elliot Norton -- Comedy and the comic spirit in America / Eric Bentley -- Thorton Wilder / Malcolm Goldstein -- Tennessee Williams / Esther M. Jackson -- Arthur Miller / Gerald Weales -- pt. 3. Makers: Problems of the producer / Richard Barr -- An interview with Edward Albee -- An interview with Murray Schisgal -- An interview with Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock -- pt. 4. Off-Broadway: Noncommercial theater in New York / Bernard F. Dukore -- Professional theater and the universities / Arthur Lithgow -- Educational theater in America / Edwin Burr Pettet -- Epilogue: Future of the American theater / Alan S. Downer. |
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Theater -- United States.
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Theater. |
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United States. |
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American drama. |
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20th century |
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Harnick, Sheldon.
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Harnick, Sheldon. |
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Bock, Jerry.
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Bock, Jerry. |
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Schisgal, Murray, 1926-2020.
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Schisgal, Murray, 1926-2020. |
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. |
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. |
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. |
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Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
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Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. |
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