This book offers a surprisingly different vision of the serious American drama during the late seventies and eighties with emphasis shared between textual and non-textual drama, between the Mainstream and the Avant-Garde, between drama and theatre, between individuals, groups and movements. Attention is given to performance art, dance theatre, feminist theatre, post-literary dramaturgies and post-modernism. David Hwang, August Wilson, David Mamet, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, John Guare, Christopher Durang, David Rabe, Beth ...
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This book offers a surprisingly different vision of the serious American drama during the late seventies and eighties with emphasis shared between textual and non-textual drama, between the Mainstream and the Avant-Garde, between drama and theatre, between individuals, groups and movements. Attention is given to performance art, dance theatre, feminist theatre, post-literary dramaturgies and post-modernism. David Hwang, August Wilson, David Mamet, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, John Guare, Christopher Durang, David Rabe, Beth Henley, Tina Howe, Marsha Norman, Wendy Wasserstein, The Wooster Street Group, The Mabou Mines, Peter Sellars, Martha Clarke and Laurie Anderson are some of the dramatists, performing artists, directors and groups discussed.
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Add this copy of Contemporary American Theatre to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by St. Martins Press.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 289 informative and historical pages of text and 12 historic pages of black and white photographs! "Contemporary American Theatre offers a surprisingly different vision of the serious American drama during the late seventies and eighties with emphasis shared between textual and non-textual drama, between the mainstream and the avant-garde, between drama and theatre, between individuals, groups and movements. Attention is given to performance art, dance theatre, feminist theatre, postliterary dramaturgies and postmodernism........."
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Good. Bumps/scuffs to cover edges. Scratches/marks to dustjacket, creases/scuffs at edges & spine faded. Marks/staining to textblock edges. Marks to endpapers. Content very good. 272 p. Plates, index. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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