Staging America : twenty-first-century dramatists / Christopher Bigsby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--21st century--History and criticism.

American drama.

Dramatists, American--21st century.

Dramatists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 239 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019

Place of Publication:

S.l. : METHUEN, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Allegría Hudes - whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Ayad Akhtar

2. David Auburn

3. Stephen Adly Guirgis

4. Quiaia AllegrèaA­a Hudes

5. Young Jean Lee

6 Bruce Norris

7. J.T. Rogers

8. Christopher Shinn

Notes

About the Author

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781350127579

9781350127562

1350127566

9781350127555

1350127558

OCLC:

1130902282

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access