Annals of the New York Stage.--Index to the Portraits in Odell's Annals of the New York Stage
Author: George Clinton Densmore Odell
Publisher:
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 732
ISBN-13:
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Women in the American Theatre
Author: Faye E. Dudden
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780300070583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a series of biographical sketches of female performers and managers, Dudden provides a discussion of the conflicted messages conveyed by the early theatre about what it meant to be a woman. It both showed women as sex objects and provided opportunities for careers.
The Irish Play on the New York Stage, 1874-1966
Author: John P. Harrington
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-07-11
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0813149576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the years American—especially New York—audiences have evolved a consistent set of expectations for the "Irish play." Traditionally the term implied a specific subject matter, invariably rural and Catholic, and embodied a reductive notion of Irish drama and society. This view continues to influence the types of Irish drama produced in the United States today. By examining seven different opening nights in New York theaters over the course of the last century, John Harrington considers the reception of Irish drama on the American stage and explores the complex interplay between drama and audience expectations. All of these productions provoked some form of public disagreement when they were first staged in New York, ranging from the confrontation between Shaw and the Society for the Suppression of Vice to the intellectual outcry provoked by billing Waiting for Godot as "the laugh sensation of two continents." The inaugural volume in the series Irish Literature, History, and Culture, The Irish Play on the New York Stage explores the New York premieres of The Shaughraun (1874), Mrs. Warren's Profession (1905), The Playboy of the Western World (1911), Exiles (1925), Within the Gates (1934), Waiting for Godot (1956), and Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1966).
Fifty-years of a Play-goer's Journal; Or, Annals of the New York Stage
Author: Joseph Norton Ireland
Publisher:
Published: 1860
Total Pages: 314
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Author: Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780393322330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach life is fascinating in its own right, and each is used to brightly illuminate the historical context.
Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861
Author: Heather S. Nathans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-03-19
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0521870119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor almost a hundred years before Uncle Tom's Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States.
AFROCENTRIC THEATRE
Author: Carlton W. Molette and Barbara J. Mole
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1483637395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrocentric Theatre updates the Molettes' groundbreaking book, Black Theatre: Premise and Presentation, that has been required reading in many Black theatre courses for over twenty-fi ve years. Afrocentric theatre is a culturally-based art form, not a race-based one. Culture and values shape perceptions of such phenomena as time, space, heroism, reality, truth, and beauty. These culturally variable social constructions determine standards for evaluating and analyzing art and govern the way people perceive theatrical presentations as well as fi lm and video drama. A play is not Afrocentric simply because it is by a Black playwright, or has Black characters, or addresses a Black theme or issue. Afrocentric Theatre describes the nature of an art form that embraces and disseminates African American culture and values. Further, it suggests a framework for interpreting andevaluating that art form and assesses the endeavors of dramatists who work from an Afrocentric perspective.
Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers
Author: Jane K. Curry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1994-07-21
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0313031096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany women held positions of great responsibility and power in the United States during the 19th century as theatre managers: managing stock companies, owning or leasing theatres, hiring actors and other personnel, selecting plays for production, directing rehearsals, supervising all production details, and promoting their dramatic offerings. Competing in risky business ventures, these women were remarkable for defying societal norms that restricted career opportunities for women. The activities of more than 50 such women are discussed in Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers, beginning with an account of 15 pioneering women managers who were all managing theatres before 24 December 1853, when Catherine Sinclair, often incorrectly identified as the first woman theatre manager in the United States, opened her theatre in San Francisco.
