Early-twentieth-century frontier dramas on Broadway : situating the western experience in performing arts / Richard Wattenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wattenberg, Richard, 1949-

Series:

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--New York (State)--New York--History.

Theater.

New York (State)--New York.

History.

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.).

Frontier and pioneer life in literature.

West (U.S.)--In literature.

West (U.S.).

Myth in literature.

Physical Description:

267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The axes of analysis: frontier western discourse and theatre practice

The frontier western discourse at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century

The turn-of-the-century American theatre context

Pt. 2. The plays

Discipline and spontaneity: Clyde Fitch's The cowboy and the lady and Augustus Thomas's Arizona

Drama from novels: John Ermine of the Yellowstone and The Virginian

Variations on the frontier myth: Edward Milton Royle's The squaw man and David Belasco's The girl of the golden west

From melodrama to realism: William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide and Rachel Crothers's The three of us

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230111448

0230111440

OCLC:

668986132