Great North American Stage Directors Volume 1: David Belasco, Arthur Hopkins, Margaret Webster

Author:   Professor James Peck ,  Professor James Peck
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350045132


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Great North American Stage Directors Volume 1: David Belasco, Arthur Hopkins, Margaret Webster


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Author:   Professor James Peck ,  Professor James Peck
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9781350045132


ISBN 10:   1350045136
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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List of Figures Series Introductions, James Peck (Muhlenberg College, USA) Acknowledgments Introduction. Forerunners and Groundbreakers in the Art of Theatrical Directing, Cheryl Black (University of Missouri, USA) David Belasco 1. The Belasco Brand: Directing the Modern Theatrical Experience, Christin Essin (Vanderbilt University, USA) 2. The Cultural Imaginings of a Theatrical Impresario: David Belasco in Context, Cheryl Black (University of Missouri, USA) Arthur Hopkins 3. Arthur Hopkins’s First Act: Before the Crash (1913–29), Arthur Feinsod (Indiana State University, USA) 4. Arthur Hopkins’s Second Act: After the Crash (1928–48), Ronald Wainscott (Indiana University, USA) Margaret Webster 5. “She Must Be Fierce”: Margaret Webster’s Groundbreaking Broadway Career, Wendy Vierow (New York University, USA) 6. Not the Moor, but the Figure of the Moor: A Case Study of the Racial, Political, and Personal Stakes of Margaret Webster’s Othello (1943) and The Tempest (1945), Lisa Jackson-Schebetta (Skidmore College, USA) Notes Notes on Contributors Index

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Cheryl Black is Curators Distinguished Professor Emerita of theatre at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

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