Overview

The fifty-year period from 1880 to 1929 is the richest era for theater in American history, certainly in the great number of plays produced and artists who contributed significantly, but also in the centrality of theater in the lives of Americans. As the impact of European modernism began to gradually seep into American theater during the 1880s and quite importantly in the 1890s, more traditional forms of theater gave way to futurism, symbolism, surrealism, and expressionism. American playwrights like Eugene O'Neill, George Kelly, Elmer Rice, Philip Barry, and George S. Kaufman ushered in the Golden Age of American drama. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism focuses on legitimate drama, both as influenced by European modernism and as impacted by the popular entertainment that also enlivened the era. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on plays; music; playwrights; great performers like Maude Adams, Otis Skinner, Julia Marlowe, and E.H. Sothern; producers like David Belasco, Daniel Frohman, and Florenz Ziegfield; critics; architects; designers; and costumes.

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The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. Booklist, June 1, 2008 This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. Arba It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd Choice, June 2008 It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended Choice, June 2008

The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. * Booklist, June 1, 2008 * This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. * American Reference Books Annual * It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd * CHOICE, June 2008 * It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended * CHOICE, June 2008 * The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. Booklist, June 1, 2008 This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. American Reference Books Annual It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd CHOICE, June 2008 It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended CHOICE, June 2008

The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. * Booklist, June 1, 2008 * This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. * American Reference Books Annual * It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd * CHOICE, June 2008 * It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended * CHOICE, June 2008 *

The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. Booklist, June 1, 2008 This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd CHOICE, June 2008 It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended CHOICE, June 2008

The newest addition to Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries of Literature and Art series, this volume provides a quick reference guide to people and plays of the day. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. Booklist, June 1, 2008 This dictionary is a very comprehensive and rather unique resource. Appropriate for both public and academic reference collections. American Reference Books Annual It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommendeddddd CHOICE, June 2008 It reflects a vast, detailed knowledge of the subject. ... Recommended CHOICE, June 2008

Author Information

James Fisher is Professor of Theater and Head of the Theatre Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Felicia Hardison Londré is Curators' Professor of Theater at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Honorary co-founder of Heart of America Shakespeare Festival.

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