Modern American Drama, 1945–1990

Modern American Drama, 1945–1990

by C . W . E . Bigsby (Editor)

Synopsis

This is the first one-volume survey of American drama, from 1945-1990, comprehensively covering the most exciting and prolific period in its history. Christopher Bigsby takes a fresh look at the major figures who have shaped postwar American drama, exploring the works of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard. Bigsby also looks at Broadway and at the theatre which geared itself to the experiences of race and gender, examining the works of Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, and Marsha Norman, among others.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 372
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 28 Aug 1992

ISBN 10: 0521426677
ISBN 13: 9780521426671

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Bigsby has read the evolving American spirit through its theater. It is a work of enormous encyclopedic breadth, reaching out into the myriad byways of American theater, encompassing all its styles and approaches, but always with an eye to the central preoccupation of all serious theater, the nation's mysterious soul. Arthur Miller