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On the Performance Front : US Theatre and Internationalism / by C. Canning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canning, C., Author.
- Series:
- Studies in International Performance, 2947-4957
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performing arts.
- Theater.
- Theater--History.
- Arts.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Theatre History.
- Local Subjects:
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Theatre History.
- Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XV, 312 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Theatre Arts
- 2. On Stage I: The Wedding Proposal, 1927
- 3. The US (Inter)National Theatre
- 4. On Stage II: Hamlet, 1949
- 5. Tomorrow's Theatre Today
- 6. On Stage III: Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956
- Conclusion
- Index.-.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349588909
- 1349588903
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