American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History (Theatre Production Studies)
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American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History (Theatre Production Studies)
Book Details
- Author
- Arnold Aronson
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- History & Criticism
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780415025805
- ISBN-10
- 041502580X
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ISBN: 041502580X
Author: Aronson, Arnold
Condition: New
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*MinimalismThere 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.
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