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Books on: american drama history

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Freud on Broadway: A History of Psychoanalysis and the American Drama

Book by W. David Sievers; Hermitage House, 1955

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American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, Fiction, Psychoanalysis

Collections: Psychology, Literature, Entire Library

...interests, the symphonic music-drama. In 1934 he had written Roll Sweet Chariot , a symphonic drama of the Negro race, and with the...form. In 1937 his first epic drama of American history, The Lost Colony was presented...
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The Dawning of American Drama: American Dramatic Criticism, 1746-1915

Book by Jürgen C. Wolter; Greenwood Press, 1993

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American Drama--History And Criticism, Drama, Dramatic Criticism--United States, Theater--United States--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Dramatic Association" American Dramatic Fund Association...221 Native American Drama The Albion 1849...distinctive American drama, and that too of precisely...embodying works of American history familiar to the masses...construction of domestic dramas, which shall graphically...which the early American drama is to base its claim...
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The Case of American Drama

Book by Thomas H. Dickinson; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915

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American Drama--History And Criticism, Drama, Pageants, Theater--United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...limitations and conventions. It should be possible, first of all, to stage chronicle plays dealing with American history, European history, the history of art, letters, etc. This cannot be done without suggesting glimpses of forests, streets, squares...
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Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship

Book by Louis Harap; Greenwood Press, 1987

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African Americans--Relations With Jews, American Drama--Jewish Authors--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Jewish Wit And Humor--History And Criticism, Jews In Literature, Judaism And Literature--United States, United States--Race Relations

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...20th century--History and criticism. 3. American drama--Jewish authors--History and criticism. 4. American fiction--Afro-American authors--History and...criticism. 6. Afro-Americans-- Relations with Jews...
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Heralds of Promise: The Drama of the American People during the Age of Jackson, 1829-1849

Book by Walter J. Meserve; Greenwood Press, 1986

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American Drama--1783-1850--History And Criticism, Theater--United States--History--19th Century, United States In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...his popular nautical drama, The Water Witch...strayed through American history, politics, current...scenes. Although these American dramatists were scarcely...significant force on the American stage, like actors...their potential, an American potential! Prior to...career in England. Other Americans who wrote plays during...

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Journal Articles on: american drama history

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Unnatural Conception: (Per)forming History and Historical Subjectivity in Suzan-lori Parks's the America Play and Venus

Journal article by Sun Hee Teresa Lee; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 19, 2007

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American literature, Drama, Dramatists, History, Literary criticism, Parks, Suzan-Lori

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...her position as an African American woman. As a member of a group...desire for wholeness-both of history and black subjectivity-betrays...truth can be expressed through history and that an essential self...a desire for a clear black history and identity has been a vital...participate in contesting dominant histories and practices. Parks deploys...
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The History/memory Discourse in Robert Sherwood's Reunion in Vienna

Journal article by Attilio Favorini; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 19, 2007

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American literature, Drama, History, Literary criticism, Memory, Sherwood, Robert

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...engagingly to life the history/memory consanguinity...this neglected gem of American theatre contemplates...prize for his monumental history of the Roosevelt administration...idea that while Hapsburg history is over, the Hapsburg...appears to present his drama as a contest of Superstition...
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Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience

Journal article by David Lyle Solomon; American Jewish History, Vol. 95, 2009

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Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...universal to all Americans. Writes Novick...them" (5). American Jewish drama taps into these...Jewish literary history because it characterizes...theme that makes American Jewish drama especially Jewish and American: "These plays...
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Staging Versailles: Charles Mee and the Re-presentation of History

Journal article by Jen Schlueter; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 17, 2005

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Drama, Dramatists, History, Literary criticism, Mee, Charles L

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...presentation of History by Jen Schlueter History and drama have been uneasy bedfellows...chief at Horizon, American Heritages hardcover...operating in Mees history writing as far back...Arrivals," "The American Offensive," "Entracte...
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Take a Giant Step into (African) American Theatre History: Broadway's First "universal" Drama

Journal article by Melinda D. Wilson; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 20, 2008

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African Americans, American history, Dramatists, Peterson, Louis, Theater studies, United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...into (African) American Theatre History: Broadways First "universal" Drama by Melinda D...is a play about Americans. Most of the growing...Sun were the only dramas written by and about African Americans to appear on Broadway...Playwrights in the American Theatre, 1925...anthologies, Black Drama in America (1971...

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Magazine Articles on: american drama history

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In Cahoots with History: Writing a Civil War Drama, a Playwright Learns, Calls for More Than Diligent Scholarship

Magazine article by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder; American Theatre, Vol. 28, February 2011

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Dramatists--Personal narratives, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Personal narratives, Playwrights--Works, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Portrayals

Collections: History, Entire Library

In Cahoots with History: Writing a Civil War Drama, a Playwright Learns...Jackson. Historical drama gives us writers a unique...his The Body of an American tells the story of photographer...desecration of a dead American soldier in the streets...
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They Don't Just Happen to Be Jewish: A New Study of Jewish-American Drama Wrestles with the Complexities of Identifying Ethnicity in the U.S

Magazine article by Howard Kissel; American Theatre, Vol. 26, November 2009

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Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of Jewish-American Drama Wrestles with the Complexities...studies the way Jewish-American playwrights have portrayed...iconic Jewish play in the American theatre though when...Elia Kazan the Greek American who directed the first...they might be Irish Americans." Beyond the Golden...moments in American Jewish history--the lynching of...
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The Koltes Mystique: Making His Metaphysical French Dramas Suited to American Ears Requires Actors, Not Literary Translators

Magazine article by Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 24, May-June 2007

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American drama--Criticism and interpretation, French drama--Criticism and interpretation, Koltes, Bernard-Marie--Appreciation, Koltes, Bernard-Marie--Criticism and interpretation, Koltes, Bernard-Marie--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Metaphysical French Dramas Suited to American Ears Requires Actors...York, this Anglo-American neglect is doubly ironic...completely enamored with American pop culture, particularly...of the Deaths in the History of Hamlet); Sallinger...
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Out of Obscurity: Before A Raisin in the Sun, Socially Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004

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African American dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation, African American theater--History, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting...for African-American theatre artists...breakthrough drama A Raisin in the...Hill) of A History of African American...of African-American theatre because...anthology Negro History in Thirteen Plays...the lynching-drama tradition, a distinctly American genre that includes...
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Epic-Cure: History That Heals

Magazine article by Todd London; American Theatre, Vol. 11, July 1994

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American drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Historical drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Epic-cure: history that heals by Todd London...American domestic drama thats been our staple...their power. Theyre as American as Melville and apple...diverse as the waning "American Century." Smiths testimonial...Road: A Search for American Character--recalls...literary experiments on Americans and their making and...

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Newspaper Articles on: american drama history

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The Times They Are A-Chagin' in the US and the World Has a Ringside Seat; on Tuesday, Almost Half of the US Goes to the Polls in One of the Most Decisive Elections in American History. the Western Mail's David Williamson Previews the Greatest Drama Democracy Has Ever Seen

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 2, 2008

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Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Decisive Elections in American History. the Western Mails...Previews the Greatest Drama Democracy Has Ever Seen...New Hampshire provided drama of an intensity that...Return of Bill. But Americans have been reminded in...politicians in living history. In the first months...
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I'm Always Playing Earnest,heroic, Funny. This Time, My Character's a Little Bit off Centre; Proud Welshman Ioan Gruffudd Never Imagined He Would Relocate to LA. but Today He's One of the Stars of a New US Drama Series and Living the American Dream. Karen Price Catches Up with Him - and His Daughter Ella - during a Transatlantic Call

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 26, 2011

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Actors, Actresses, Evans, Alice, Gruffudd, Ioan, Rhys, Matthew, Television dramas, Television programs

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Stars of a New US Drama Series and Living the American Dream. Karen Price...place with so much history, culture and background...Americas big new TV dramas. He has teamed...accent in the ABC drama Brothers Sisters...The one-off drama is being made by...and captain of the dramas cricket club, while...
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Forgotten Story; Philip Key Looks at a New Play Detailing the Plight of Black Soldiers in the American War of Independence

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 12, 2007

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American Revolution, 1775-1783, Drama, Plays, Soldiers, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Black Soldiers in the American War of Independence...remained just a footnote in history. But the story of the black American slaves who fought on...of the British in the American War of Independence...became a television drama documentary of the same...terrified because the Americans had won and they thought...
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Blacks' Fight for Equality; AMERICA MAKES HISTORY 'No Drama' Obama Takes Election Day in His Stride

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 5, 2008

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African Americans, Elections

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Equality; AMERICA MAKES HISTORY No Drama Obama Takes Election...Massachusetts. 1775: The first American Antislavery Society...of only five African Americans ever to enter US Senate...conditions of African Americans in the south leads to...becomes the first African American presidential nominee...
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Are History Lessons in Scottish Schools a Thing of the Past? High Drama: Clemence Poesy as Mary, Queen of Scots in the BBC Production Gunpowder, Treason and Plot over the Top: The Somme, 1916

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 3, 2008

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History

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Are History Lessons in Scottish...of the Past? High Drama: Clemence Poesy as...Grant TRADITIONAL history lessons are in danger...already downgraded history to merely one element...growth of Islam/ American War of Independence...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american drama history

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...termed naturalist dramas are Gerhart...Lillian Hellman (American). An important...20th-century drama was expressionism...transgressive drag dramas of Charles Ludlams...Sun (1959), drama by and about African Americans emerged as a...explored black American life; writers...Innovation: A History of European and American Theatre and Drama Since the Late...
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Folk Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FOLK DRAMA noncommercial, generally...traditions and local history. This form of drama, common throughout...resurgent interest were the Americans Percy McKaye and Paul...Maurice Pottecher. American universities, including...performed by Native North Americans of Cherokee, N.C...
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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...also E. A. Imbert, Spanish-American Literature: A History (2 vol., 2d ed. 1963); K. Schwartz, A New History of Spanish American Fiction (1972); D. Gallagher, ed., Modern Latin American Literature (1973) M. Forster...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tendentious journalistic histories of John Winthrop and...Tyler , and in the dramas of William Dunlap...first professional American novelist, Charles...coveted by every aspiring American writer and was first...attention by presenting American folk stories, and...who won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing...
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Pulitzer Prizes

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...PRIZES annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes...000 each, are for fiction, nonfiction, drama, history, biography, and poetry; works with American themes are preferred. The $5,000 musical...

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