TheCambridgeHistoryofAmericanTheatre(Volume2)

VolumeTwooftheauthoritative,multi-volumeCambridgeHistoryofAmericanTheatrebeginsinthepost-CivilWarperiodandtracesthedevelopmentofAmericantheatreupto1945.Itcoversallaspectsoftheatrefromplaysandplaywrights,throughactorsandacting,totheatregroupsanddirectors.Topicsexaminedincludevaudevilleandpopularentertainment,Europeaninfluences,theatreinandbeyondNewYork,theriseoftheLittleTheatremovement,changingaudiences,modernism,theFederalTheatremovement,scenography,stagecraft,andarchitecture.ContextualisingchaptersexploretheroleoftheatrewithinthecontextofAmericansocialandculturalhistory,andtheroleofAmericantheatreinrelationtotheatreinEuropeandbeyond.ThisdefinitivehistoryofAmericantheatreincludescontributionsfromthefollowingdistinguishedacademics-ThomasPostlewait,JohnFrick,TiceL.Miller,RonaldWainscott,BrendaMurphy,MarkFearnow,BrooksMcNamara,ThomasRiis,DanielJ.Watermeier,MaryC.Henderson,andWarrenKliewer.