Author: Arthur HornblowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A History of the Theatre in America from Its Beginnings to the Present Time
Author: Arthur HornblowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Theatre in the United States: Volume 1, 1750-1915: Theatre in the Colonies and the United States
Author: Barry WithamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521308588
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Describes the growth and development of theatre in the United States. Documents and commentary are arranged into chapters on business practice, acting, theatre buildings, drama, design, and audience behavior.
A History of the American Musical Theatre
Author: Nathan HurwitzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developments in musical theatre during that period.
Theatre Magazine
Author: Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
Author: Brent S. SalterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108620353
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Drawing on fascinating archival discoveries from the past two centuries, Brent Salter shows how copyright has been negotiated in the American theatre. Who controls the space between authors and audiences? Does copyright law actually protect playwrights and help them make a living? At the center of these negotiations are mediating businesses with extraordinary power that rapidly evolved from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries: agents, publishers, producers, labor associations, administrators, accountants, lawyers, government bureaucrats, and film studio executives. As these mediators asserted authority over creativity, creators organized to respond, through collective minimum contracts, informal guild expectations, and professional norms, to protect their presumed rights as authors. This institutional, relational, legal, and business history of the entertainment history in America illuminates both the historical context and the present law. An innovative new kind of intellectual property history, the book maps the relations between the different players from the ground up.
A History Of The Theatre In America From Its Beginnings To The Present Time; Volume 1
Author: Arthur HornblowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781022270213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Representative American Plays
Author: Arthur Hobson QuinnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Representative American Plays, 1767-1923
Author: Arthur Hobson QuinnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Boats Against the Current
Author: Lewis PerryPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742522503
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Boats Against the Current provides a fascinating account of how American culture emerged from the sheltered, elitist world of the eighteenth century into the dynamic, turbulent civilization that reached full bloom after the Civil War. The antebellum years were times of flux and change, years of a society rushing into the western wilds, muscular and ambitious, yet haunted by uncertainty about its future and its past. Renowned scholar Lewis Perry begins his study with a fresh look at Andrew Jackson--vividly recreating a time when Americans, feeling their ties to the past disintegrating, fostered a new fascination with history. Then Perry introduces us to the observations of such articulate foreign travelers as Alexis de Tocqueville and Fredrika Bremer. He deftly weaves together these writers' perspectives to provide a fascinating look at our emergent nation. Here, too, are the women of the cities and frontier, the peddlers, preachers, and showmen, along with such writers as Hawthorne, Emerson, Whittier, and Parker. Perry brings these personalities and writings together to show us how early nineteenth century America saw itself, in both its promise and its fears. Now available for the first time in paperback, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture.