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Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

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The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.

The major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include:
* Clifford Odets: Waiting for Lefty , Awake and Sing! and Golden Boy ;
* Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour , The Little Foxes , and Days to Come ;
* Langston Hughes: Mulatto , Mule Bone and Little Ham ;
* Gertrude Stein: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights , Four Saints in Three Acts and Listen to Me .

Pages: 336

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Release: August 22, 2019

ISBN: 1472571878

ISBN 13: 9781472571878

Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

0/5 ( ratings)

The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.

The major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include:
* Clifford Odets: Waiting for Lefty , Awake and Sing! and Golden Boy ;
* Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour , The Little Foxes , and Days to Come ;
* Langston Hughes: Mulatto , Mule Bone and Little Ham ;
* Gertrude Stein: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights , Four Saints in Three Acts and Listen to Me .

Pages: 336

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Release: August 22, 2019

ISBN: 1472571878

ISBN 13: 9781472571878

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