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Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1970s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1970s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Vanden Heuvel
SeriesDecades of Modern American Drama: Playwriting from the 1930s to 2009
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781350215474
ClassificationsDewey:812.5409
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 25 February 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.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: * David Rabe: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Sticks and Bones; and Streamers; * Sam Shepard: Curse of the Starving Class; Buried Child; and True West; * Ntozake Shange: For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf; Spell #7; and Boogie-Woogie Landscapes * Richard Foreman: Sophia = (Wisdom) Part 3; The Cliffs; Pandering to the Masses: A Misrepresentation; and Rhoda in Potatoland (Her Fall-Starts).

Author Biography

Michael Vanden Heuvel is Professor and former Chair of Theatre and Drama, and current Chair of the Integrated Liberal Studies Program, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He is the author of Performing Drama/Dramatizing Performance: Alternative Theater and the Dramatic Text (1991) and Elmer Rice: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1996).