Staging America twenty-first-century dramatists

A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bigsby, C. W. E., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Bloomsbury Academic 2019
[2020]
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Sumario:A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Allegría Hudes - whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 239 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index.
ISBN:9781350127562
9781350127555