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9780817307967

Speaking on Stage

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  • ISBN13:

    9780817307967

  • ISBN10:

    0817307966

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
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Summary

This book offers interviews with 27 of America's leading playwrights whose work has shaped the American theatre since 1945. The interviews are lucid, witty, and insightful, offering entertaining reading. Collectively, the interviews provide a syncretic history of American theatre, showing where our dramatic roots lie and suggesting where our theatrical experiments will take us.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction / Interviews: The New Metadramap. 1
Broadway Realism: The American Theatre, 1945 to 1959p. 7
Robert Andersonp. 13
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Leep. 31
Arthur Millerp. 40
Neil Simonp. 58
Anxiety and Alienation: The American Theatre, 1959 to 1969p. 83
Edward Albeep. 89
Maria Irene Fornesp. 98
Jack Gelberp. 115
Adrienne Kennedyp. 125
Megan Terryp. 138
Jean-Claude Van Italliep. 150
Recovery and Regeneration: The American Theatre of the 1970sp. 161
Charles Gordonep. 167
David Mametp. 176
Albert Innauratop. 185
Romulus Linneyp. 193
Emily Mannp. 205
Ntozake Shangep. 216
Celebrating Difference: The American Theatre since 1980p. 231
Kenneth Bernardp. 239
Beth Henleyp. 250
Tina Howep. 260
David Henry Hwangp. 277
Tony Kushnerp. 291
Karen Malpedep. 314
Terrence McNallyp. 332
Mark Medoffp. 346
Joan Schenkarp. 365
Wendy Wassersteinp. 379
Contributorsp. 393
Indexp. 399
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