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9780415025805

American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415025805

  • ISBN10:

    041502580X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-11-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States between the mid-1950's and the mid 1980's.American Avant-garde Theatreoffers a definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by examining: Gertrude Stein * John Cage * The Beat writers * Avant-garde cinema * Abstract Expressionism * Minimalism. There are fascinating discussions and illustrations of the productions of Living Theatre, the Wooster Group, Open Theatre and Performance Group, among many others. Aronson also examines why avant-garde theatre declined and virtually disappeared at the end of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

List of places
viii
Preface x
Acknowledgments xiii
Origins of the avant-garde
1(19)
Theories and foundations
20(22)
Off Broadway, Happenings, and the Living Theatre
42(33)
The 1960s: collectives and rituals
75(33)
Smith, Wilson, and Foreman
108(36)
Performance art (and the origins of the Wooster Group)
144(37)
The Wooster Group, Reza Abdoh, and the end of the avant-garde
181(31)
Conclusion
205(7)
Notes 212(12)
Bibliography 224(9)
Index 233

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