The Cambridge companion to American theatre since 1945

• Titel: The Cambridge companion to American theatre since 1945
• Mitwirkende: Listengarten, Julia [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Di Benedetto, Stephen [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Julia Listengarten (University of Central Florida), Stephen Di Benedetto (Michigan State University)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 281 Seiten)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge companions to theatre and performance
• Fussnoten: Literaturangaben
• ISBN: 978-1-108-64813-4
• DOI: doi:10.1017/9781108648134
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Theater / (z)Geschichte 1945-
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: The Cambridge companion to American theatre since 1945. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - xiii, 281 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: HU 1780
• K10plus-PPN: 1770112987
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic, social, and political challenges theatre artists have faced across cultural climates and geographical locations. Specifically, it explores artistic communities, collaborative practices, and theatre methodologies across mainstream, regional, and experimental theatre practices, forms, and expressions. As American theatre has embraced diversity in practice and representation, the volume examines the various creative voices, communities, and perspectives that prior to the 1940s was mostly excluded from the theatrical landscape. This diversity has led to changing dramaturgical and theatrical languages that take us in to the twenty-first century. These shifting perspectives and evolving forms of theatrical expressions paved the ground for contemporary American theatrical innovation.