Historical Dictionary of American Theater - Beginnings

Informationen zum Autor James Fisher is professor of theatre at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he served head of the Theatre Department for seven years. He has published a dozen books and directed and/or acted in 150 theatre productions. He is the 2007 recipient of the Betty Jean Jones Award for Excellence in the Teaching of American Theatre from the American Theatre and Drama Society and in 2010 he was elected to membership in the National Theatre Conference. Klappentext Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Joseph Jefferson, Ida Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edwin Booth, and many others. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Foreword Jon WoronoffAcknowledgmentsReader's NoteChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYBibliographyAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: James Fisher, James (Wabash College Fisher
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2015
• EAN: 9780810878327
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7832-7
• No. of pages: 570
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit; Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; USA, Dance, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, HISTORY / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference, Theatre Studies, Reference works, Other performing arts, United States of America, USA, History: specific events and topics, Dance & Other Performing Arts, History of Performing Arts