The Other American Drama - Rilegato

Robinson, Marc

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ISBN 10: 0521454379 ISBN 13: 9780521454377

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Riassunto

In The Other American Drama, Marc Robinson presents an alternative to the received history of modern American drama. Rather than beginning with O'Neill, the conventionally acknowledged father of American theatre, Robinson opens this collection with a long essay on the prolific but neglected theatrical career of O'Neill's contemporary, Gertrude Stein. Subsequent essays rethink familiar figures such as Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard, and make the case for undervalued writers such as Maria Irene Fornés, Adrienne Kennedy and Richard Foreman. Robinson explores the new directions seen in the work of several younger playwrights, and demonstrates how these writers upset assumptions about narrative and psychology, recharging aspects of performance often taken for granted – speech, movement, and space. Together these essays describe the evolution of a truly innovative American drama.

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Descrizione del libro:

An alternative to traditional histories of modern American drama, this collection of essays by Marc Robinson traces an inventive, challenging tradition of American theatre from Gertrude Stein through Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard to Adrienne Kennedy, Maria Irene Fornés, and Richard Foreman.

Contenuti:

Introduction; Gertrude Stein, Tennesse Williams, Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornes, Adrienne Kennedy, Richard Foreman; Afterword: New directions.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521454379
• ISBN 13: 9780521454377
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224