Modern American drama: playwriting 2000-2009 : voices, documents, new interpretations / Julia Listengarten and Cindy Rosenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Listengarten, Julia, 1967- author.

Rosenthal, Cindy, 1954- author.

Series:

Decades of Modern American Drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--21st century--History and criticism.

Drama.

Theater--United States--History--21st century.

Theater.

Playwriting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. The major playwrights and their plays to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: * Theresa Rebeck: Omnium Gatherum (2003), Mauritius (2007), and The Understudy (2008); * Sarah Ruhl: Eurydice (2003), Clean House (2004), and In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) (2009); * Lynn Nottage: Intimate Apparel (2003), Fabulation or Re-Education of Undine (2004), and Ruined (2008); * Charles Mee: Big Love (2000), Wintertime (2005), and Hotel Cassiopeia (2006). "--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

General Preface: Brenda Murphy and Julia Listengarten

1. Introduction: Living in the 2000s by

Julia Listengarten, University of Central Florida, USA.

2. Theatre in the 2000s by Julia Listengarten, University of Central Florida, USA.

3. Charles Mee by Scott T. Cummings, Boston College, USA.

4. Lynn Nottage by by Cindy Rosenthal, Hofstra University, USA.

5. Theresa Rebeck by by Dorothy Chansky, Texas Tech University, USA.

6. Sarah Ruhl by Wendy Arons, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Afterword by by Julia Listengarten, University of Central Florida, USA.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781474208246

147420824X

9781350024762

1350024767

OCLC:

967456901