Early-twentieth-century frontier dramas on Broadway :situating the western experience in performing arts
- 作者: Wattenberg, Richard,
- 出版: New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2011.
- 版本: 1st ed.
- 稽核項: 267 p. :ill. ;22 cm.
- 叢書名: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
- 標題: Broadway (New York, N.Y.) History. , Myth in literature. , History and criticism. , Theater , Frontier and pioneer life in literature. , In literature. , American drama , History. , West (U.S.) , West (U.S.) In literature. , Theater New York (State) -- New York -- History. , American drama 20th century -- History and criticism. , Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN: 0230111440 , 9780230111448
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. The axes of analysis: frontier western discourse and theatre practice -- The frontier western discourse at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century -- The turn-of-the-century American theatre context -- Pt. 2. The plays -- Discipline and spontaneity: Clyde Fitch's The cowboy and the lady and Augustus Thomas's Arizona -- Drama from novels: John Ermine of the Yellowstone and The Virginian -- Variations on the frontier myth: Edward Milton Royle's The squaw man and David Belasco's The girl of the golden west -- From melodrama to realism: William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide and Rachel Crothers's The three of us -- Conclusion.
- 系統號: 005089134
- 資料類型: 圖書
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Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace.
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