American Performance in 1976: The Evolution of an Avant-Garde
Author:   Marc Robinson (Yale University, Connecticut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   342
Publication Date:   25 June 2026
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Author:   Marc Robinson (Yale University, Connecticut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009490368


ISBN 10:   1009490362
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   25 June 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 'all images too static'; 1. Adrienne Kennedy and Cecil Taylor: 'with whom can I co-exist in a true union?'; 2. Quarry: 'it's my eyes'; 3. Einstein on the beach: 'doing the facts of feelings'; 4. Rumstick road in rehearsal: 'watch your corners'; Notes; Index.

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Marc Robinson is Dean of Humanities and Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies and English at Yale University. He is also Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. His books include The American Play: 1787–2000 (2009) and The Other American Drama (Cambridge University Press, 1994, republished 1997). In addition, he is the editor of four books: Adrienne Kennedy: Collected Plays and Other Writings (2023), The Myopia and Other Plays by David Greenspan (2012), The Theater of Maria Irene Fornes (1999), and Altogether Elsewhere: Writers on Exile (1994, 1996). He has been awarded the 2009 George Jean Nathan Award and the 2010 George Freedley Special Jury Prize (both for The American Play), the 2012 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Drama (for The Myopia and Other Plays by David Greenspan), and the 2004 Betty Jean Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching of American Drama.

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