Contemporary American drama:
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Main Author: Saddik, Annette J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press c2007
Series:Edinburgh critical guides to literature
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index
This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. Saddik traces the development of contemporary drama since 1945, and discusses the cross-cultural impact of postwar British and Europ
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 227 p.)
ISBN:0748624937
074863066X
9780748624935
9780748630660

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