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Modern American drama. Playwriting in the 1940s : voices, documents, new interpretations

Londrâe, Felicia Hardison, 1941- author

Overview

\"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documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.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: * Eugene O'Neill: The Iceman Cometh (1946), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1947), Long Day's Journey Into Night (written 1941, produced 1956), and A Touch of the Poet (written 1942, produced 1958); * Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie (1944), A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Summer and Smoke (1948); * Arthur Miller: All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), and The Crucible (1953); * Thornton Wilder: Our Town (1938), The Skin of Our Teeth (1942), and The Merchant of Yonkers, later rewritten as The Matchmaker and as the musical Hello Dolly!\") -- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Subject: American drama 20th century History and criticism. / American drama 20th century Sources. / Theater United States History 20th century. / Playwriting.
• ISBN: 9781472571861, 147257186X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS351.L66 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE