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Provincetown Players - American theatrical company that first introduced the plays of Eugene O'Neill. The company opened with his Bound East for Cardiff at the Wharf Theatre, Provincetown, on Cape Cod in 1916 and later worked in New York City in conjunction with the Greenwich Village Theatre under the auspices of Robert Edmond Jones, Kenneth Macgowan, and O'Neill. By producing plays that were

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Jig Cook and the Provincetown Players: Theatre in Ferment » Read Now
by Robert Karoly Sarlaos. 265 pgs.

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Realism and the American Dramatic Tradition (Chap. Four "The Provincetown Players' Experiments with Realism") » Read Now
by William W. Demastes. 292 pgs.

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...Moving in a similar way to understand feminism and realism, J. Ellen Gainors essay selects examples from the Provincetown Players to revisit recent developments in feminist...
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Accelerated Grimace: Expressionism in the American Drama of the 1920s (Chap. 4 "The Provincetown Players: The Triumverate and After") » Read Now
by Mardi Valgemae. 148 pgs.

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Eugene O'Neill in China: An International Centenary Celebration (Chap. 19 "Eugene O'Neill and the Provincetown Players: Watershed in American Theater") » Read Now
by Haiping Liu, Lowell Swortzell. 312 pgs.

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The year 1988 was notable for being the centennial of playwright Eugene O'Neill's birth and a time of unprecedented democratization in the People's Republic of China. In this optimal climate, a remarkable festival and conference devoted to O'Neill was held in Nanjing, China, attended by noted...
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The year 1988 was notable for being the centennial of playwright Eugene O'Neill's birth and a time of unprecedented democratization in the People's Republic of China. In this optimal climate, a remarkable festival and conference devoted to O'Neill was held in Nanjing, China, attended by noted O'Neill scholars and theatre artists from around the world. The essays in this volume capture the intellectual and artistic stimulation of the conference, exploring the major areas of O'Neill scholarship, with an emphasis on his international reputation, particularly in Asia. Included is a forum on the festival productions, as well as photographs.
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The Simple Stage: Its Origins in the Modern American Theater ("The Provincetown Players" begins on p. 110) » Read Now
by Arthur Feinsod. 243 pgs.

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This book is about the leaders of the modern American theater who resisted the temptation to fill the stage, preferring instead the evocations of a simplified stage. Beginning with a look at precedents and influences on the modern simple stage, Feinsod then examines the theories and practices of...
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This book is about the leaders of the modern American theater who resisted the temptation to fill the stage, preferring instead the evocations of a simplified stage. Beginning with a look at precedents and influences on the modern simple stage, Feinsod then examines the theories and practices of theater artists such as Maurice Browne, George Cram Cook, Robert Edmond Jones, Lee Simonson, and Thornton Wilder. Throughout the text, numerous design reproductions and performance photographs visually demonstrate the simple stage.
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American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930 ("Provincetown Players" begins on p. 377) » Read Now
by Weldon B. Durham. 550 pgs.

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"This first-rate study of American theater companies presents a sociology of the theater by explaining the relationships between American theatre and American society. Its succinctly factual and sensibly analytical presentation of information make it an indispensable guide for anyone interested in studying the American theater." ARBA
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The Little Theatre in the United States (1917) ("The Provincetown Players" begins on p. 46) » Read Now
by Constance D'Arcy MacKay. 277 pgs.

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...Washington Square Players, the Provincetown Players, the Neighborhood Playhouse...regisseur, and playwright. THE PROVINCETOWN PLAYERS LIKE the Washington Square Players the...
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Our American Theatre (1923) (Chap. VII "The Provincetown Players") » Read Now
by Oliver M. Sayler. 399 pgs.

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...Recently Destroyed by Fire, the Provincetown Players Were Formally Born in the...75 VII. THE PROVINCETOWN PLAYERS 89 VIII...VII. THE RECORD OF THE PROVINCETOWN PLAYERS 332...