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Sidney Howard and Clare Eames: American Theater's Perfect Couple of the 1920s
ISBN: 9780786417513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the 1920s, the playwright Sidney Howard and his wife, actress Clare Eames, were at the heart of the movement to change the American theater from a commercial enterprise to one with art at its center. Sidney gained fame writing They Knew What They Wanted (which won the Pulitzer Prize) in 1924. A dramatist for the Theatre Guild, he wrote Ned McCobb's Daughter and The Silver Cord and became the voice of American theater's fight against censorship. Energetic and ambitious Clare played some of the greatest dramatic roles for women, including Queen Elizabeth, Lady MacBeth, and Hedda Gabler. For...
In the 1920s, the playwright Sidney Howard and his wife, actress Clare Eames, were at the heart of the movement to change the American theater from a ...
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302,21 zł |
Art, Glitter, and Glitz: Mainstream Playwrights and Popular Theatre in 1920s America
ISBN: 9780313324673 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The theatre and drama of the 1920s reflects a great synergy of art, glitter, and glitz--a decade of experimentation and incubation for mainstream American playwrights coexisting with important revivals of European playwrights and Shakespeare, a flourishing commercial theatre, and the vibrant worlds of burlesque, musical comedy, Revues and Follies. The 22 essays gathered by Gewitz and Kolb reflect recent scholarship and research, including several provocative, new readings of the plays of Eugene O'Neill, contrasting essays for and against the significance of Philip Barry, and... The theatre and drama of the 1920s reflects a great synergy of art, glitter, and glitz--a decade of experimentation and incubation for mainstream A... |
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407,15 zł |
Experimenters, Rebels, and Disparate Voices: The Theatre of the 1920s Celebrates American Diversity
ISBN: 9780313324666 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The theatre and drama of the 1920s reflect a synergy of art, glitter, and glitz--a decade of great mainstream playwrights and a flourishing popular and commercial theatre, but it was also a decade in which discontented artists and a variety of people on the margins of American society could find a means of expressing their views. Gewitz and Kolb assemble 20 essays that reflect recent scholarship and research, focusing on generally unknown or ignored aspects of the decade: John Howard Lawson's polemics, especially in his most important play, Processional, his proclivity... The theatre and drama of the 1920s reflect a synergy of art, glitter, and glitz--a decade of great mainstream playwrights and a flourishing popular... |
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385,14 zł |