American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
Title:
American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
ISBN:
9781137415189
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Edition:
1st ed. 2014.
Publication Information New:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Physical Description:
IX, 193 p. online resource.
Series:
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History,
Abstract:
Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.
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Electronic Access:
Full Text Available From Palgrave Theatre & Performance 2014 Packages
Language:
English