The Little Theatre in the United States
Author | : Constance D'Arcy Mackay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Constance D'Arcy Mackay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Constance D'Arcy MacKay |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781020401879 |
Explore the history of the little theatre movement in the United States, as well as its influence on American theatre. Learn about the development of regional theatres, the impact of little theatres on playwrights, and the contributions of notable figures in the movement such as Winthrop Ames and Brock Pemberton. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Susan Belasco |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 1864 |
Release | : 2020-04-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1119653355 |
A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the history and development of American literature from its early origins in Native American oral tradition to 21st century digital literature. This comprehensive three-volume set brings together contributions from a diverse international team of accomplished young scholars and established figures in the field. Contributors explore a broad range of topics in historical, cultural, political, geographic, and technological contexts, engaging the work of both well-known and non-canonical writers of every period. Volume One is an inclusive and geographically expansive examination of early American literature, applying a range of cultural and historical approaches and theoretical models to a dramatically expanded canon of texts. Volume Two covers American literature between 1820 and 1914, focusing on the development of print culture and the literary marketplace, the emergence of various literary movements, and the impact of social and historical events on writers and writings of the period. Spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries, Volume Three studies traditional areas of American literature as well as the literature from previously marginalized groups and contemporary writers often overlooked by scholars. This inclusive and comprehensive study of American literature: Examines the influences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and disability on American literature Discusses the role of technology in book production and circulation, the rise of literacy, and changing reading practices and literary forms Explores a wide range of writings in multiple genres, including novels, short stories, dramas, and a variety of poetic forms, as well as autobiographies, essays, lectures, diaries, journals, letters, sermons, histories, and graphic narratives. Provides a thematic index that groups chapters by contexts and illustrates their links across different traditional chronological boundaries A Companion to American Literature is a valuable resource for students coming to the subject for the first time or preparing for field examinations, instructors in American literature courses, and scholars with more specialized interests in specific authors, genres, movements, or periods.
Author | : Dorothy Chansky |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780809326495 |
When movies replaced theater in the early twentieth century, live drama was wide open to reform. A rebellion against commercialism, called the Little Theatre movement, promoted the notion that theatre is a valuable form of self-expression. Composing Ourselves argues that the movement was a national phenomenon that resulted in lasting ideas for serious theatre that are now ordinary parts of the American cultural landscape.
Author | : Constance D'arcy Mackay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2016-06-16 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781332720996 |
Excerpt from The Little Theatre in the United States This book aims to give a complete survey of one of the newest, freest, most potent and democratic forces in the art of the American stage - the Little Theatre. It describes the rise and in uence of the Little Theatre in Europe and its subsequent rise in the United States. A description of every Little Theatre in the United States that the author could find is given, including the achievements, special significance, policy, repertory, and scenic contribution of each one. Since the Little Theatre movement is a growing thing, changes in its history are constantly taking place. It is in a state of transition and can only be written of in terms of transition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author | : Joe DiPietro |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 9780822217121 |
THE STORY: Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn't mean his family isn't still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until
Author | : Daniel Gerould |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1136474714 |
Two outstanding examples of socialist-themed plays are combined in this remarkable volume. The Conspiracy of Feelings by Yurii Olesha (1899-1960) is based on his highly respected short novel Envy about the struggle between the old and new in Soviet society. The play, called The Conspiracy of Feelings, is not a simple adaptation, but an original work that reconceived the novel. The play explores the precarious position of the intelligentsia in the new collective state. The Little Theatre of The Green Goose was written by Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski (1905-53) who was one of Poland's most beloved poets. After World War II, he began work as a playwright, inventing a colorful theatre troupe of performers (animal and human) and contributing a new instalment of The Little Theatre of the Green Goose each week to Przekroj, the Cracow literary magazine. Intended for reading only, The Green Goose went unperformed in Galczynski's life and was finally staged in 1955 and gained a permanent place in the theatre and became a force for the creation of the new Polish drama that flourished in the 1960s.
Author | : Constance D'Arcy MacKay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781374065987 |
Author | : Martin McDonagh |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2009-05-19 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1408111071 |
A Student Edition of McDonagh's dramatic engagement with Republican paramilitaries, first produced by the RSC in 2000.
Author | : Frank Shay |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2015-06-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781330351475 |
Excerpt from The Plays and Books of the Little Theatre Concerning the state of the little theatre today, two mutually exclusive but arresting viewpoints prevail in the critical diocese. One holds that having abundantly leavened the barren loaf of the legitimate stage, it has by that same token outlived its pristine fruitfulness. The other contends that the little theatre will, and must, continue to flourish cheek by jowl with the professional playhouse, thus completing the function of both laboratory and supply base. Of late the latter commissary role of the little theatre has been most provocative of justified optimism, as well as highly prolific of actual results, more or less commendable and far-reaching. For quite a long interval, owing to huge moneyed syndicates, grimly intrenched, the legitimate theatres remained unmalleable to the repeated assaults of the new theatrecraft engineered, for the most part, by small outlawed groups. Despite this fact, perhaps because of it, these groups continue to multiply, springing up unforced in remodeled barns, canvas-roofed backyards or in transfigured garages. While Mr. Sara Shipman, for example, is at present doling out piecework in his Play Sweatshop on Broadway, such clear-eyed enthusiasts as The Provincetown Players and The Wisconsin Players are conducting brave little try-out theatres tending to encourage the beginning playwright and the scene-designer with a new idea. The enormous irony of the situation is apparent when one considers the strabismic boycott once launched on Broadway. To cite the classic example: Mr. Belasco, during the first season of the Washington Square Players, deigned to honor the Bandbox with his Rhadamanthine presence. But he went away the more firmly rooted in an inexorable determination to pursue his wonted course of nice, denatured realism - a realism that obtrudes constantly on the wonder and attention of the audience - but which somehow fails to "realize." On the other side, a handful of legitimate producers, by attending the little theatre performances with open mind, were eventually won over to the cult of the new stagecraft. Foremost among the latter should be mentioned Mr. Winthrop Ames and, particularly, Mr. Arthur Hopkins, whose productions of the Clair Kummer comedies and "Redemption" and "The Jest," notwithstanding their faults, testify to the foreshadowed risorgimento of the commercial theatre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.