Modern American Drama 1945-2000 2ed
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521794107, ISBN10: 0521794102
Paperback, 468 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm
Language: English
In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama, Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar and contemporary theatre and brings the reader up to 2000. While retaining the key elements of the first edition, including surveys of those major figures who have shaped postwar American drama, such as Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, Bigsby also explores the most recent works and performances: these include plays by established dramatists such as Miller's The Ride down Mount Morgan and Albee's Three Tall Women, as well as works by relatively new playwrights Paula Vogel, Tony Kushner, and Terrence McNally among others. Bigsby also provides a new chapter, 'Beyond Broadway' and offers an analysis of how theatre has formed and influenced the millenial culture of America.
Preface to first edition
Preface to second edition
1. The absent voice
American drama and the critic
2. Eugene O'Neill's Endgame
3. Tennessee Williams
the theatricalising self
4. Arthur Miller
the moral imperative
5. Edward Albee
journey to apocalypse
6. A Broadway interlude
7. Sam Shepard
imagining America
8. David Mamet
all true stories
9. The performing self
10. Redefining the centre
politics, race, gender
11. Beyond Broadway
Notes
Index.