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Samuel Beckett's Theatre in America : The Legacy of Alan Schneider as Beckett's American Director / by N. Bianchini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bianchini, N., Author.
- Series:
- New Interpretations of Beckett in the Twenty-First Century, 2945-6800
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- Performing arts.
- European literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Theatre History.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- European Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Theatre History.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- European Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XV, 204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "exactly as you envisioned": Alan Schneider and Samuel Beckett
- The laugh sensation of two continents!
- Finding a home off-Broadway
- A series of firsts
- New York and beyond
- American zenith
- Conclusion: assessing Schneider's legacy.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137439864
- 1137439866
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