{"product_id":"experimenters-rebels-and-disparate-voices-arthur-gewirtz-9780313324666","title":"Experimenters, Rebels, and Disparate Voices: The Theatre of the 1920s Celebrates American Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe theatre and drama of the 1920s reflect a synergy of art, glitter, and glitz--a decade of great mainstream playwrights and a flourishing popular and commercial theatre, but it was also a decade in which discontented artists and a variety of people on the margins of American society could find a means of expressing their views. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGewitz and Kolb assemble 20 essays that reflect recent scholarship and research, focusing on generally unknown or ignored aspects of the decade: John Howard Lawson's polemics, especially in his most important play, \u003ci\u003eProcessional\u003c\/i\u003e, his proclivity for using jazz and mixing the devices of popular theatre with serious drama, and his collaborations with the maverick designer Mordecai Gorelik; the first appearances of serious African-American drama, including discussions of African-American theatre critics and the work of dramatists Wallace Thurman, Garland Anderson, Willis Richardson, Frank Wilson, Angela Weld Grimke, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Myrtle Smith Livington, and Marita Bonner; the problematic depictions of African-Americans and other non-native characters on the stage; contributions of women artists and playwrights such as Eva Le Gallienne, Sophie Treadwell, and Susan Glaspell; and the search for new possibilities in theatre and set design, including an examination of the little-known Jane Heap, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Review\u003c\/i\u003e and a lesbian modernist who presented a pivotal International Theatre Expositon in 1926. An important resource for scholars, students, and other researchers of 20th-century American theatre and drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Gewirtz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313324662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313324666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.40w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 1088","brand":"Arthur Gewirtz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757383237887,"sku":"9780313324666","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c788263f-74b7-4f50-90d7-ea13d96a72ee.jpg?v=1765510228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/experimenters-rebels-and-disparate-voices-arthur-gewirtz-9780313324666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}