Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant-gardes. Since the publication of Stein's major writings by the Library of America in 1998, interest in her dramatic writing has escalated, particularly in American avant-garde theaters. This book addresses the growing interest in Stein's theater by offering the first detailed analyses of her major plays, and by considering them within a larger history of avant-garde performance. In addition to comparing Stein's plays and theories to those generated by Dadaists, Surrealists,...
Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant-gardes. Since the publication o...
"Mama Dada" is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her development of a unique playwriting esthetic based in avant-garde drama, cinema, and queer identity. This is the first study to examine in detail Stein's major plays--"Four Saints in Three Acts "(1927), "They Must. Be Wedded. To Their Wife." (1931)," Listen to Me" (1936), "Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights" (1938), "Yes Is for a Very Young Man "(1944-46), and T"he Mother of Us All "(1945-46)--and to distinguish between her major and minor dramatic...
"Mama Dada" is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her develop...
This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field.
Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights
Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein
Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights
Examines the movements that framed the...
This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars ...
This insightful book explores the relationship between theater and digital culture. The authors show that the marriage of traditional performance with new technologies leads to an upheaval of the implicit live quality of theatre by introducing media interfaces and Internet protocols, all the while blurring the barriers between theater-makers and their audience.
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This insightful book explores the relationship between theater and digital culture. The authors show that the marriage of traditional performance w...
