On the Performance Front: US Theatre and Internationalism (Studies in International Performance)
Charlotte M. Canning
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Hardcover. This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.
This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Studies in International Performance
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230233386
SKU
V9780230233386
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99-15
About Charlotte M. Canning
Charlotte M. Canning is the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor in Drama in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Feminist Theaters In The USA: Staging Women's Experience (1995) and The Most American Thing in America: Circuit Chautauqua as Performance (2005). She co-edited, with Thomas Postlewait, Representing ... Read more
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