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Zusatztext The social history and theatrical overview are entertaining and informative. Informationen zum Autor Susan Abbotson is Professor of English at Rhode Island College, where she mostly teaches drama. She is the author of Student Companion to Arthur Miller (2000) and A Critical Companion to Arthur Miller (2007) and numerous articles on Arthur Miller and other modern and contemporary playwrights. Past President of the Arthur Miller Society, she now manages their website and FaceBook page, and is the Performance Editor for the Arthur Miller Journal . She also authored Thematic Guide to Modern Drama (2003), Masterpieces of Twentieth Century American Drama (2005), and Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1950s (2019). She has published articles on Sam Shepard, Tom Stoppard, Mae West, Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, August Wilson, Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman, and Paula Vogel in a variety of books and journals. Susan C.W. Abbotson has taught English for more than 15 years, first at the high school level and now at Rhode Island College. Her previous books include Thematic Guide to Modern Drama (2003), Student Companion to Arthur Miller (2000), and Understanding Death of a Salesman (1999), all available from Greenwood Press. Zusammenfassung The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.The major writers and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include:* William Inge: Picnic (1953), Bus Stop (1955) and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957);* Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins: West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959); * Alice Childress: Just a Little Simple (1950), Gold Through the Trees (1952) and Trouble in Mind (1955);* Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee: Inherit the Wind (1955), Auntie Mame (1956) and The Gang's All Here (1959). Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and BoxesBiographical Note and Notes on ContributorsGeneral Preface: Brenda Murphy and Julia Listengarten1. Introduction to the 1950s by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College, USA.2. American Theatre in the 1950s by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College, USA.3. William Inge: Come Back Little Sheba (1950), Picnic (1953), Bus Stop (1955), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957) by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College, USA.4. Stephen Sondheim: West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), with Collaborators Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents by Stuart Hecht, Boston College, USA.5. Alice Childress: Florence (1949), Gold Through the Trees (1952), and Trouble in Mind (1955) by Soyica Diggs-Colbert, Georgetown University, UK.6. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee: Inherit the Wind (1955), Auntie Mame (1956), and The Gang's All Here (1959) by Alan Woods, Ohio ...
