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The American Play

Author : Marc Robinson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300170041
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The American Play written by Marc Robinson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant study, Marc Robinson explores more than two hundred years of plays, styles, and stagings of American theater. Mapping the changing cultural landscape from the late eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, he explores how theater has--and has not--changed and offers close readings of plays by O'Neill, Stein, Wilder, Miller, and Albee, as well as by important but perhaps lesser known dramatists such as Wallace Stevens, Jean Toomer, Djuna Barnes, and many others. Robinson reads each work in an ambitiously interdisciplinary context, linking advances in theater to developments in American literature, dance, and visual art. The author is particularly attentive to the continuities in American drama, and expertly teases out recurring themes, such as the significance of visuality. He avoids neatly categorizing nineteenth- and twentieth-century plays and depicts a theater more restive and mercurial than has been recognized before. Robinson proves both a fascinating and thought-provoking critic and a spirited guide to the history of American drama.

Outrageous Fortune

Author : Todd London
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984310906
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Outrageous Fortune written by Todd London and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First American

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307754944
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The First American written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this “thorough biography of ... America’s first Renaissance man” (The Washington Post) by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War. "The authoritative Franklin biography for our time.” —Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin's "life is one every American should know well, and it has not been told better than by Mr. Brands" (The Dallas Morning News). From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America’s independence, Franklin went from obscurity to become one of the world’s most admired figures, whose circle included the likes of Voltaire, Hume, Burke, and Kant. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other sources, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has written a thoroughly engaging biography of the eighteenth-century genius. A much needed reminder of Franklin’s greatness and humanity, The First American is a work of meticulous scholarship that provides a magnificent tour of a legendary historical figure, a vital era in American life, and the countless arenas in which the protean Franklin left his legacy. Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: ANDREW JACKSON, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.

The Contrast

Author : Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814783430
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Contrast written by Cynthia A. Kierner and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.

American Buffalo

Author : David Mamet
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802191800
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book American Buffalo written by David Mamet and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Buffalo, which won both the Drama Critics Circle Award for the best American play and the Obie Award, is considered a classic of the American theater. Newsweek acclaimed Mamet as the “hot young American playwright . . . someone to watch.” The New York Times exclaimed in admiration: “The man can write!” Other critics called the play “a sizzler,” “super,” and “dynamite.” Now from Gregory Mosher, the producer of the original stage production, comes a stunning screen adaptation, directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson. A classic tragedy, American Buffalo is the story of three men struggling in the pursuit of their distorted vision of the American Dream. By turns touching and cynical, poignant and violent, American Buffalo is a piercing story of how people can be corrupted into betraying their ideals and those they love.

Resurrecting the First Great American Play

Author : Sämi Ludwig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0299325407
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Resurrecting the First Great American Play written by Sämi Ludwig and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America. This play, written by infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers, is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates the questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms developing in the Young Republic"--

Ponteach, Or, The Savages of America

Author : Robert Rogers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Ponteach, Or, The Savages of America written by Robert Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication committee of the Caxton Club certify that this is one of an edition of one hundred and seventy-five copies printed on Old Stratford paper, and three copies printed on Japanese Vellum. The printing was done from type which has been distributed. -- inside cover.

Early American Plays ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Early American Plays ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Dahomey

Author : Jesse A Shipp
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498183055
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book In Dahomey written by Jesse A Shipp and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.

The American

Author : Henry James
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781543072266
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The American written by Henry James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-11 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American A social comedy about Christopher Newman, an American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Along the way, he finds a widow from an aristocratic French family.

Early American Drama

Author : Various
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140435887
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Early American Drama written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap'sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker's The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird's The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith's The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt's Fashion (1845); George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852); and Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon (1859). For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

A History of the American Theatre Before the Revolution

Author : George O. Seilhamer
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the American Theatre Before the Revolution written by George O. Seilhamer and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1890 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paradoxic Mutations

Author : Margot Lovejoy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Paradoxic Mutations written by Margot Lovejoy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure of Paradoxic Mutations, though bound by only two staples, consists of an elaborate set of folded pages that open individually to reveal the darker side of virtues such as Unity, Joy, and Freedom. The inverse of Knowledge, for example, is Learned Ignorance. A second set of folded pages deals with the human body, infection, and the implications of technologically-driven medicine. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with a continuous collage of found material, including anatomical engravings, medical photographs, and images of historical sculptures and other artwork from around the world, dealing mostly with science and the body. Lovejoy's work paints a gruesome but fascinating portrait of our physical relationship to a set of abstract values, commenting on the dangerous potential consequences of our attitudes regarding body and mind.

Early American Plays, 1714-1830

Author : Oscar Wegelin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early American Plays, 1714-1830 written by Oscar Wegelin and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatre Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

Author : Gerald Bordman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199771154
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to American Theatre written by Gerald Bordman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-06 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its "wealth of authoritative information" (Back Stage), its "fascinating picture of the volatile American stage" (The Guardian), and its "well-chosen, illuminating facts" (Newsday). Now thoroughly revised, this distinguished volume once again provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present. Completely updated by theater professor Thomas Hischak, the volume includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more. The book covers not only classic works (such as Death of a Salesman) but also many commercially successful plays (such as Getting Gertie's Garter), plus entries on foreign figures that have influenced our dramatic development (from Shakespeare to Beckett and Pinter). New entries include recent plays such as Angels in America and Six Degrees of Separation, performers such as Eric Bogosian and Bill Irwin, playwrights like David Henry Hwang and Wendy Wasserstein, and relevant developments and issues including AIDS in American theatre, theatrical producing by Disney, and the rise in solo performance. Accessible and authoritative, this valuable A-Z reference is ideal not only for students and scholars of theater, but everyone with a passion for the stage.

The Drama; Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization: American drama. Indexes. Books for reference and extra reading. (p. 327-344)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Drama; Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization: American drama. Indexes. Books for reference and extra reading. (p. 327-344) written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: