American Melodrama / Edition 1

American Melodrama / Edition 1

by Daniel Gerould
ISBN-10:
0933826214
ISBN-13:
9780933826212
Pub. Date:
04/05/1983
Publisher:
Theatre Communications Group
ISBN-10:
0933826214
ISBN-13:
9780933826212
Pub. Date:
04/05/1983
Publisher:
Theatre Communications Group
American Melodrama / Edition 1

American Melodrama / Edition 1

by Daniel Gerould

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Overview

These plays show a fascinating side of the American melodramatic imagination as it was nurtured in the social world of the nineteenth century, and later grew to be a dominant genre in the theatre, film, and television of today. Includes: The Poor of New York by Dion Boucicault, Uncle Tom's Cabin by George Aiken/Harriet Beecher Stowe, Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly, The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780933826212
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Publication date: 04/05/1983
Series: American Drama Library
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 254
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama.

Table of Contents

The Poor of New York
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Under a Gaslight
The Girl of the Golden West
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