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The emergence of the playwright-director in American theatre, 1960-1983 / Bonnie Milne Gardner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, Bonnie Milne.
- Series:
- Studies in theatre arts ; v. 15.
- Studies in theatre arts ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- American drama.
- Theater--Production and direction--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter I A Description of the American Playwright-Director 9
- Playwright-Directors before 1960 9
- Playwright-Directors after 1960 19
- Chapter II Reasons for the Emergence of the New Playwright-Director 33
- The theatre artists speak 33
- The cultural explosion 36
- The Baby Boom 40
- Social issues 41
- Higher education 43
- Increased funding 46
- Decentralization 50
- Off-off Broadway 53
- Regional theatre 57
- A shift in dramatic syles 63
- A shift in theatre production 68
- Chapter III The Significance of the New Playwright-Director 85
- The Directors 86
- The Writers 89
- Composer-Directors 93
- Writer-Directors 96
- Total Theatre Artists 103
- Comparisons 107
- A Composite of the Playwright-Director 120
- Limitations of the Study 121
- Comparisons between eras of playwright-directors 122
- The impact of off-off Broadway 123
- Economic issues 124
- Repercussions of the phenomenon 125
- Appendix A Playwright-Directed Productions 1960-1983 129
- Appendix B Biographical Data: Selected Playwright-Directors 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0773474706
- OCLC:
- 45394162
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