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Modern American Drama: Playwriting 2000-2009
Julia ListengartenCindy Rosenthal
其他書名
Voices, Documents, New Interpretations
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019-11-14
主題Literary Criticism / DramaPerforming Arts / Theater / History & CriticismPerforming Arts / Theater / PlaywritingPerforming Arts / Theater / General
ISBN13500247679781350024762
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8W-1DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.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).