The American Stage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521034937)

This is the first book to focus on the economic and social forces that shaped American theater throughout its two hundred and fifty year history. The collection of essays, written by leading theater historians and critics of American theater, represent a variety of methodologies and approaches. Arranged chronologically, the volume explores such topics as anti-theatrical legislation in Colonial America; the theater's response to slavery, prostitution, alcoholism, and women's rights; the significance of Black American musical comedy; women managers in nineteenth-century American theater; economic welfare in the Federal Theater Project; theater nostalgia during the Reagan era; and contemporary issues of multiculturalism in today's theater. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of American theater and social and cultural history.

Author: Ron Engle
ISBN-10: 0521034930
ISBN-13: 9780521034937
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2006
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d