The Critic and the Drama
The Critic and the Drama

Author: George Jean Nathan

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780838679647

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George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) was formative influence on American letters in the first half of this century, and is generally considered the leading drama critic of his era. With H. L. Mencken, Nathan edited The Smart Set and founded and edited The American Mercury, journals that shaped opinion in the 1920s and 1930s. This series of reprints, individually introduced by the distinguished critic and novelist Charles Angoff, collects Nathan's penetrating, witty, and sometimes cynical drama criticism.

Microdramas
Microdramas

Author: John H. Muse

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0472053639

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Explores what brevity can teach us about the powers and limits of theater

Gutenberg! the Musical!
Gutenberg! the Musical!

Author: Anthony King

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0573651493

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"In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers' audition for their new, ill-advised project -- a bit, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them that elusive Broadway contract." --

Contradictory Characters
Contradictory Characters

Author: Albert Bermel

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780810114418

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Providing an interpretation of the modern theatre, this is a new edition of a classic work of drama criticism.

Latin Numbers
Latin Numbers

Author: Brian Eugenio Herrera

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0472052640

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From the conga line to West Side Story to Ricky Martin, how popular performance prompted American audiences to view Latinos as a distinct (and distinctly non-white) ethnic group

The Bottom Translation
The Bottom Translation

Author: Jan Kott

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780810107380

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The Bottom Translation represents the first critical attempt at applying the ideas and methods of the great Russian critic, Mikhail Bakhtin, to the works of Shakespeare and other Elizabethans. Professor Kott uncovers the cultural and mythopoetic traditions underlying A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Dr. Faustus, and other plays. His method draws him to interpret these works in the light of the carnival and popular tradition as it was set forth by Bakhtin. The Bottom Translation breaks new ground in critical thinking and theatrical vision and is an invaluable source of new ideas and perspectives. Included in this volume is also an extraordinary essay on Kurosawa's "Ran" in which the Japanese filmmaker recreates King Lear.