About this title: In the early 1960s two leaders of the New York performance group Living Theatre were asked to define its purpose. In this survey of contemporary American drama, Matthew C. Roudane argues that the response of these two pioneers in experimental theater - Julian Beck and Judith Malina - goes a long way toward explaining the purpose of all of the rich and varied dramas to appear on the stage since 1960: "To increase conscious awareness, to stress the sacredness of life, to break down the walls". African-American playwrights (Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka), women ...
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Description: New in New jacket. pp. 298. A marrying of relevant American cultural history with assessments of the primary movements in American theater, this book makes accessible the major figures in recent American drama through lively & thoughtful analyses of their plays & theoretical works. Roudane combines an engrossing presentation of an extraordinary range of material with concise & acute critical commentaries on the plays & the playwrights. He brings fresh & stimulating critical insights to bear on ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780805789546ISBN:0805789545
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 298 p. Twayne's Critical History of American Drama. Audience: General/trade. read more
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