American Avant-Garde Theatre

American Avant-Garde Theatre
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 264
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781136370762
ISBN-13 : 1136370765
Rating : 4/5 (765 Downloads)

Book Synopsis American Avant-Garde Theatre by : Arnold Aronson

Download or read book American Avant-Garde Theatre written by Arnold Aronson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s. American Avant-Garde Theatre offers a definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by examining: *Gertrude Stein *John Cage *The Beat writers *Avant-garde cinema *Abstract Expressionism *Minimalism There are fascinating discussions and illustrations of the productions of the Living Theatre, the Wooster Group, Open Theatre, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre and Performance Group. among many others. Aronson also examines why avant-garde theatre declined and virtually disappeared at the end of the twentieth century.


American Avant-Garde Theatre Related Books

American Avant-Garde Theatre
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Arnold Aronson
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-02 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 19
Mama Dada
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: Sarah Bay-Cheng
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-06-01 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
The Ghosts of the Avant-Garde(s)
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: James M. Harding
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-22 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Pronouncements such as “the avant-garde is dead,” argues James M. Harding, have suggested a unified history or theory of the avant-garde. His book examines
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945
Language: en
Pages: 489
Authors: Julia Listengarten
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre.
Richard Foreman
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Neal Swettenham
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-10 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Richard Foreman has been writing, directing and designing avant-garde theatre in New York since he first founded his Ontological-Hysteric company there in 1968.