On the performance front : US theatre and internationalism / Charlotte M. Canning

By:

Canning, Charlotte M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in international performancePublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan, cop. 2015Description: xv, 312 p. : il. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780230233386

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Contents:

Conté: Introduction -- 1. Theatre arts: the tributary theater -- 2. Onstage I: The wedding proposal, 1927 -- 3. ANTA: the US (Inter)National Theatre -- 4. Onstage II: Hamlet, 1949 -- 5. ITI: tomorrow's theatre today -- 6. Onstage III: Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Conclusion

Summary: "On the Performance Front argues that US theatre in the twentieth century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour. On the Performance Front focuses on US theatre's international efforts without losing sight of either the ways these efforts mirrored those in other countries or the complex, often conflicting, relationship between internationalism and nationalism"-- Contracoberta

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	792(73) CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900070809

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"On the Performance Front argues that US theatre in the twentieth century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour. On the Performance Front focuses on US theatre's international efforts without losing sight of either the ways these efforts mirrored those in other countries or the complex, often conflicting, relationship between internationalism and nationalism"-- Contracoberta

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