Author: Barrett Harper Clark
Publisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
America's Lost Plays: The heart of Maryland & other plays by David Belasco
Author: Barrett Harper Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
David Belasco
Author: Lise-Lone Marker
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400870267
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A pioneer of stage naturalism, David Belasco has come to be universally recognized as one of the first important directors in the history of the American stage. Lise-Lone Marker's book is a full-length stylistic analysis and re-evaluation of his scenic art. Based on a rich body of primary sources, among which are Belasco's promptbooks and papers, the book synthesizes the aims, methods, and techniques inherent in the naturalistic production style that Belasco developed during the six decades of his career. The elements of that style—the magic reality of his stage settings, his innovations in plastic lighting, his directorial method—are also seen in the context of theatrical developments elsewhere. On the basis of this synthesis. Professor Marker reconstructs and analyzes four of Belasco's most important productions, each representative of a distinct phase of his directorial art. Her explorations uncover much new information about Belasco and the American theatre around the turn of the century. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400870267
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A pioneer of stage naturalism, David Belasco has come to be universally recognized as one of the first important directors in the history of the American stage. Lise-Lone Marker's book is a full-length stylistic analysis and re-evaluation of his scenic art. Based on a rich body of primary sources, among which are Belasco's promptbooks and papers, the book synthesizes the aims, methods, and techniques inherent in the naturalistic production style that Belasco developed during the six decades of his career. The elements of that style—the magic reality of his stage settings, his innovations in plastic lighting, his directorial method—are also seen in the context of theatrical developments elsewhere. On the basis of this synthesis. Professor Marker reconstructs and analyzes four of Belasco's most important productions, each representative of a distinct phase of his directorial art. Her explorations uncover much new information about Belasco and the American theatre around the turn of the century. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Loyalty on the Line
Author: David K. Graham
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820353647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. These divisions came to a head in the years that followed the war. In Loyalty on the Line, David K. Graham argues that Maryland did not adopt a unified postbellum identity and that the state remained divided, with some identifying with the state’s Unionist efforts and others maintaining a connection to the Confederacy and its defeated cause. Depictions of Civil War Maryland, both inside and outside the state, hinged on interpretations of the state’s loyalty. The contested Civil War memories of Maryland not only mirror a much larger national struggle and debate but also reflect a conflict that is more intense and vitriolic than that in the larger national narrative. The close proximity of conflicting Civil War memories within the state contributed to a perpetual contestation. In addition, those outside the state also vigorously argued over the place of Maryland in Civil War memory in order to establish its place in the divisive legacy of the war. By using the dynamics interior to Maryland as a lens for viewing the Civil War, Graham shows how divisive the war remained and how central its memory would be to the United States well into the twentieth century.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820353647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. These divisions came to a head in the years that followed the war. In Loyalty on the Line, David K. Graham argues that Maryland did not adopt a unified postbellum identity and that the state remained divided, with some identifying with the state’s Unionist efforts and others maintaining a connection to the Confederacy and its defeated cause. Depictions of Civil War Maryland, both inside and outside the state, hinged on interpretations of the state’s loyalty. The contested Civil War memories of Maryland not only mirror a much larger national struggle and debate but also reflect a conflict that is more intense and vitriolic than that in the larger national narrative. The close proximity of conflicting Civil War memories within the state contributed to a perpetual contestation. In addition, those outside the state also vigorously argued over the place of Maryland in Civil War memory in order to establish its place in the divisive legacy of the war. By using the dynamics interior to Maryland as a lens for viewing the Civil War, Graham shows how divisive the war remained and how central its memory would be to the United States well into the twentieth century.
The Cambridge History of American Theatre
Author: Don B. Wilmeth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521651790
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The second volume of the authoritative, multi-volume Cambridge History of American Theatre, first published in 1999, begins in the post-Civil War period and traces the development of American theatre up to 1945. It covers all aspects of theatre from plays and playwrights, through actors and acting, to theatre groups and directors. Topics examined include vaudeville and popular entertainment, European influences, theatre in and beyond New York, the rise of the Little Theatre movement, changing audiences, modernism, the Federal Theatre movement, scenography, stagecraft, and architecture. Contextualising chapters explore the role of theatre within the context of American social and cultural history, and the role of American theatre in relation to theatre in Europe and beyond. This definitive history of American theatre includes contributions from the following distinguished academics - Thomas Postlewait, John Frick, Tice L. Miller, Ronald Wainscott, Brenda Murphy, Mark Fearnow, Brooks McNamara, Thomas Riis, Daniel J. Watermeier, Mary C. Henderson, and Warren Kliewer.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521651790
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The second volume of the authoritative, multi-volume Cambridge History of American Theatre, first published in 1999, begins in the post-Civil War period and traces the development of American theatre up to 1945. It covers all aspects of theatre from plays and playwrights, through actors and acting, to theatre groups and directors. Topics examined include vaudeville and popular entertainment, European influences, theatre in and beyond New York, the rise of the Little Theatre movement, changing audiences, modernism, the Federal Theatre movement, scenography, stagecraft, and architecture. Contextualising chapters explore the role of theatre within the context of American social and cultural history, and the role of American theatre in relation to theatre in Europe and beyond. This definitive history of American theatre includes contributions from the following distinguished academics - Thomas Postlewait, John Frick, Tice L. Miller, Ronald Wainscott, Brenda Murphy, Mark Fearnow, Brooks McNamara, Thomas Riis, Daniel J. Watermeier, Mary C. Henderson, and Warren Kliewer.
America's Lost Plays, Vol. IV, DAVY CROCKETT and Other Plays
Author: J.J. McCloskey
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479443476
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-Century American playwrights. Volume 4 features "Across the Continent," by J.J. McCloskey; "Rosedale," by Lester Wallack, "Davy Crockett," by Frank Murdock; "Our Boarding House," by Leonard Grover; and "Sam's of Posen," by G.H. Jessop.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479443476
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-Century American playwrights. Volume 4 features "Across the Continent," by J.J. McCloskey; "Rosedale," by Lester Wallack, "Davy Crockett," by Frank Murdock; "Our Boarding House," by Leonard Grover; and "Sam's of Posen," by G.H. Jessop.
Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies and Collections
Author:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962
Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Cumulated Index to the Books
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Melodrama and the Myth of America
Author: Jeffrey Daniel Mason
Publisher: Drama and Performance Studies
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Jeffrey Mason investigates the reasons for their popular success and reconstructs the social and political backdrop against which they were viewed. He shows how they functioned in the social discourse of the time as collective affirmations of certain cultural myths. Yet these acts of communal belief were played out on the contested stage of American ideological debate.
Publisher: Drama and Performance Studies
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Jeffrey Mason investigates the reasons for their popular success and reconstructs the social and political backdrop against which they were viewed. He shows how they functioned in the social discourse of the time as collective affirmations of certain cultural myths. Yet these acts of communal belief were played out on the contested stage of American ideological debate.