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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hardison Londré, Felicia (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Modern American drama. Playwriting in the 1940s : voices, documents, new interpretations [Texte imprimé] / Felicia Hardison Londré
Titre d'ensemble : The decades of modern American drama : playwriting from the 1930s to 2009 / series
editors, Brenda Murphy and Julia Listengarten
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : The decades of modern American drama
Publication : London ; Oxford ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publ.,
2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii-306 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 271-285. Index
"The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study
of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each
volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work
emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life
and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political
events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough
survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response
to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent
playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team
of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final
section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights
and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.
The major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume
include: * Eugene O'Neill: The Iceman Cometh (1946), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1947),
Long Day's Journey Into Night (written 1941, produced 1956), and A Touch of the Poet
(written 1942, produced 1958); * Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie (1944), A
Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Summer and Smoke (1948); * Arthur Miller: All My Sons
(1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), and The Crucible (1953); * Thornton Wilder: Our
Town (1938), The Skin of Our Teeth (1942), and The Merchant of Yonkers, later rewritten
as The Matchmaker and as the musical Hello Dolly!") -- Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Théâtre (genre littéraire) américain -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
812.520 9 (23e éd.) = Théâtre américain de langue anglaise - 1900-1945 - Histoire et critique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-4725-7186-1. - ISBN 978-1-4725-7264-6 (éd. complète)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46994180f
Notice n° :
FRBNF46994180
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Introduction to the 1940s. Prelude to the Second World War; Leaders of the decade;
The Second World War; The war's impact on civilian life; Post-war domestic life and
consumerism; Children; Teenagers; Communications, media, and transportation; Women
and fashion; The culture; Cold War anxieties ; 2. American theatre in the 1940s.
The late 1930s: forebodings of war; Idiot's delight; Influential organizations; It
can't happen here; Broadway plays and musicals; Radio drama; The 1940-1 and 1941-2
seasons; African-American theatre; Broadway plays and musicals; Lady in the dark;
The American Theatre Wing and other war service organizations; Radio drama; The war
years, 1942-5; Broadway plays and musicals; This is the army; Oklahoma!; The Paul
Robeson Othello; Post-war theatre, 1946-1950; African-American theatre; Broadway plays
and musicals; Modern dance and theatrical dance; Tributary theatre; Directors and
producers ; 3. Introducing the playwrights; Introduction; Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953);
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975); Tennessee Williams (1911-1983); Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
; 4. Eugene O'Neill: love and loss of the soul; A touch of the poet; The iceman cometh;
Long day's journey into night; A moon for the misbegotten ; 5. Thornton Wilder: seeing
beyond dark times by Felicia Hardison Londre; Our town; The skin of our teeth; Shadow
of a doubt; The alcestiad; Conclusion ; 6. Tennessee Williams: experimentation and
"The great American play"; Early full-length plays; Battle of angels; Stairs to the
roof; The glass menagerie; Summer and smoke; A streetcar named desire; Conclusion
; 7. Arthur Miller: the individual and social responsibility; All my sons; Death of
a salesman; The crucible; Conclusion ; Afterword ; Documents; For such is the ruling
of Broadway; Collecting Eugene O'Neill; Acting in The skin of our teeth with Helen
Hayes; Tennessee Williams in Ptown: The 1940s and now; Arthur Miller in Brooklyn Heights,
1940-1956; A retrospective of influence ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
