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| Author | : Thomas Allston Brown |
| Publsiher | : Dalcassian Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1903-01-01 |
| Genre | : Theater |
| ISBN | : |
| Rating | : 4./5 ( downloads) |
| Author | : George J. Olszewski |
| Publsiher | : |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Government publications |
| ISBN | : |
| Rating | : 4./5 ( downloads) |
| Author | : |
| Publsiher | : 清华大学出版社有限公司 |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1933 |
| Genre | : Bibliographical literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Rating | : 4./5 ( downloads) |
| Author | : James Fisher |
| Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 570 |
| Release | : 2015-04-16 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 081087833X |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (3 downloads) |
The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater.
| Author | : Don B. Wilmeth |
| Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1996-06-13 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521564441 |
| Rating | : 4.1/5 (644 downloads) |
"This new and updated Guide, with over 2,700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the U.S., plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major U.S. cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry. Highly illustrated, the Guide is supplemented with a historical survey as introduction, a bibliography of major sources published since the first edition, and a biographical index covering over 3,200 individuals mentioned in the text."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Elizabeth L. Wollman |
| Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2017-09-21 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1472510488 |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (88 downloads) |
This Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical provides the perfect introductory text for students of theatre, music and cultural studies. It traces the history and development of the industry and art form in America with a particular focus on its artistic and commercial development in New York City from the early 20th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on commercial, artistic and cultural events that influenced the Broadway musical for an ever-renewing, increasingly broad and diverse audience: the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, the World War II era, the British invasion in the 1980s and the media age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Supplementary essays by leading scholars provide detailed focus on the American musical's production and preservation, as well as its influence on daily life on the local, national, and international levels. For students, these essays provide models of varying approaches and interpretation, equipping them with the skills and understanding to develop their own analysis of key productions.
| Author | : S. E. Wilmer |
| Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2011-11-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0816502749 |
| Rating | : 4.2/5 (49 downloads) |
Native performance is a multifaceted and changing art form as well as a swiftly growing field of research. Native American Performance and Representation provides a wider and more comprehensive study of Native performance, not only its past but also its present and future. Contributors use multiple perspectives to look at the varying nature of Native performance strategies. They consider the combination and balance of the traditional and modern techniques of performers in a multicultural world. This collection presents diverse viewpoints from both scholars and performers in this field, both Natives and non-Natives. Important and well-respected researchers and performers such as Bruce McConachie, Jorge Huerta, and Daystar/Rosalie Jones offer much-needed insight into this quickly expanding field of study. This volume examines Native performance using a variety of lenses, such as feminism, literary and film theory, and postcolonial discourse. Through the many unique voices of the contributors, major themes are explored, such as indigenous self-representations in performance, representations by nonindigenous people, cultural authenticity in performance and representation, and cross-fertilization between cultures. Authors introduce important, though sometimes controversial, issues as they consider the effects of miscegenation on traditional customs, racial discrimination, Native women’s position in a multicultural society, and the relationship between authenticity and hybridity in Native performance. An important addition to the new and growing field of Native performance, Wilmer’s book cuts across disciplines and areas of study in a way no other book in the field does. It will appeal not only to those interested in Native American studies but also to those concerned with women’s and gender studies, literary and film studies, and cultural studies.
| Author | : Fran Leadon |
| Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2018-04-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0393285456 |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (56 downloads) |
“Part lively social history, part architectural survey, here is the story of Broadway—from 17th-century cow path to Great White Way.”—Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal From Bowling Green all the way to Marble Hill, Fran Leadon takes us on a mile-by-mile journey up America’s most vibrant and complex thoroughfare, through the history at the heart of Manhattan. Broadway traces the physical and social transformation of an avenue that has been both the “Path of Progress” and a “street of broken dreams,” home to both parades and riots, startling wealth and appalling destitution. Glamorous, complex, and sometimes troubling, the evolution of an oft-flooded dead end to a canyon of steel and glass is the story of American progress.
| Author | : Bob Petersen |
| Publsiher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0786485949 |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (49 downloads) |
Born to former slaves on St. Croix in 1860, Peter Jackson made his name as a boxer with his smooth, fast style and a dangerous one-two combination. After immigrating to Australia, Jackson became that country’s national heavyweight champion in 1886 before moving on to the United States and claiming the title of Colored Champion of the World in 1888. For the next ten years Peter Jackson remained undefeated, finally losing to the great Jim Jeffries in 1898. Although he never received a shot at the heavyweight title—reigning heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan refused to defend his title against a black man—Jackson remains one of the greatest heavyweights ever.
| Author | : Jim Cullen |
| Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2013-04-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0470673656 |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (56 downloads) |
The second edition of Popular Culture in American History updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade. Fully revised second edition with over 50 percent new material Compact and classroom-friendly format Includes the best writing on popular culture from the 1970s onwards Essays examine pivotal moments, issues, and genres in American popular culture, from the ‘penny press’ to the Internet
| Author | : West T. HillJr. |
| Publsiher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2021-12-14 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0813189144 |
| Rating | : 4.9/5 (44 downloads) |
This comprehensive study shows that the stage was active in Kentucky long before the first professional troupe toured in 1815. During the period covered, 1790–1820, Lexington, Frankfort, and Louisville became the major theatrical centers in the West. Performances on Kentucky stages far outnumbered those in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Nashville, or New Orleans. Drawing upon accounts in contemporary newspapers, West T. Hill Jr. demonstrates that drama had developed west of the mountains a full quarter century prior to the date given in theatre histories. The Theatre in Early Kentucky, 1790–1820 captures the full flavor and color of the promoters, managers, professional strollers, and actors, many of whom performed dual roles as actors and managers. Working under primitive conditions, the groups often put on a melodrama, a musical comedy or farce, and several acts of singing, dancing, and recitation in the same performance. Appreciative audiences responded enthusiastically to the overworked and predictable plots of mistaken identity, revenge, and domestic difficulty. This delightful, informative book includes and appendix containing the production data available for 1790–1820. It is illustrated with reproductions of charming newspaper theatrical announcements and with portraits of leading stage figures.
| Author | : Madeleine B. Stern |
| Publsiher | : Ardent Media |
| Total Pages | : 580 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Authors, American |
| ISBN | : |
| Rating | : 4./5 ( downloads) |
| Author | : Lawrence W. LEVINE |
| Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674040139 |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (39 downloads) |
| Author | : Dorothy Chansky |
| Publsiher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2015-06-12 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1317618025 |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (25 downloads) |
Putting food and theatre into direct conversation, this volume focuses on how food and theatre have operated for centuries as partners in the performative, symbolic, and literary making of meaning. Through case studies, literary analyses, and performance critiques, contributors examine theatrical work from China, Japan, India, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, England, the United States, Chile, Argentina, and Zimbabwe, addressing work from classical, popular, and contemporary theatre practices. The investigation of uses of food across media and artistic genres is a burgeoning area of scholarly investigation, yet regarding representation and symbolism, literature and film have received more attention than theatre, while performance studies scholars have taken the lead in examining the performative aspects of food events. This collection looks across dramatic genres, historical periods, and cultural contexts, and at food in all of its socio-political, material complexity to examine the particular problems and potentials of invoking and using food in live theatre. The volume considers food as a transhistorical, global phenomenon across theatre genres, addressing the explosion of food studies at the end of the twentieth century that has shown how food is a crucial aspect of cultural identity.
| Author | : Andrew A. Erish |
| Publsiher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2021-06-09 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0813181224 |
| Rating | : 4.1/5 (24 downloads) |
In Vitagraph, Andrew A. Erish provides the first comprehensive examination and reassessment of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. This history challenges long-accepted Hollywood mythology that simply isn't true: that Paramount and Fox invented the feature film, that Universal created the star system, and that these companies, along with MGM and Warner Bros., developed motion pictures into a multi-million-dollar business. In fact, the truth about Vitagraph is far more interesting than the myths that later moguls propagated about themselves. Established in 1897 by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, Vitagraph was the leading producer of motion pictures for much of the silent era. Vitagraph established America's studio system, a division of labor utilizing specialized craftspeople and artists, including a surprising number of women and minorities, whose aesthetic innovations have long been incorporated into virtually all commercial cinema. They developed fundamental aspects of the form and content of American movies, encompassing everything from framing, lighting, and performance style to emphasizing character-driven comedy and drama in stories that respected and sometimes poked fun at every demographic of Vitagraph's vast audience. The company overcame resistance to multi-reel motion pictures by establishing a national distribution network for its feature films. Vitagraph's international distribution was even more successful, cultivating a worldwide preference for American movies that endures to the present. For most of its existence America's most influential studio was headquartered in Brooklyn, New York before relocating to Hollywood. Finally, here is a historically rigorous and thorough account of the most influential producer of American motion pictures during the silent era. Drawing on valuable primary material long overlooked by other historians, Erish introduces readers to the fascinating, forgotten pioneers of Vitagraph.
| Author | : Wilmeth, Don Burton Wilmeth |
| Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 554 |
| Release | : 1998-02-28 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521472043 |
| Rating | : 4.1/5 (72 downloads) |
The Cambridge History of American Theatre is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to play writing, directors, performers, and designers. Engaging the theatre as a performance art, a cultural institution, and a fact of American social and political life, the History recognizes changing styles of presentation and performance and addresses the economic context that conditions the drama presented. The History approaches its subject with a full awareness of relevant developments in literary criticism, cultural analysis, and performance theory. At the same time, it is designed to be an accessible, challenging narrative. Volume One deals with the colonial inceptions of American theatre through the post-Civil War period: the European antecedents, the New World influences of the French and Spanish colonists, and the development of uniquely American traditions in tandem with the emergence of national identity.
| Author | : Claudia Durst Johnson |
| Publsiher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2014-11-04 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476608946 |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (46 downloads) |
Throughout nineteenth century America, religious officials often condemned the theatre as an inversion of the house of God, similar to the church in architectural structure and organization but wholly different in purpose and values. This book explores the many ways in which religious institutions supported by capitalism profoundly affected the early development of American theatre. The author analyzes the church’s critical view toward common theatre practices, including the use of female and child performers, and the lower class alliance with the stage. Three appendices provide period correspondence, including an excerpt from Mark Twain’s February 1871 “Memoranda,” in which Twain criticizes an Episcopalian reverend for denying church burial to a popular stage comedian.
