Shakespeare and the American Musical

Informationen zum Autor Irene G. Dash is the author of Women's Worlds in Shakespeare's Plays and Wooing, Wedding, and Power: Women in Shakespeare's Plays . Her most recent published work appears in the Folger Shakespeare Library's edited volume Shakespeare in American Life . She taught English and Shakespeare for 30 years at Hunter College, CUNY. Klappentext In bringing together these well-known works, Dash offers a fresh look at the development of American musical theater and a new understanding of Shakespeare in the modern American context. Zusammenfassung Explores the influence of Shakespeare on American musical theatre through analyses of five important productions from 1938 through 1971. This book offers a fresh look at the development of American musical theatre and an understanding of Shakespeare in the modern American context.

Product details

• Authors: Irene G. Dash, Dash Irene G
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2010
• EAN: 9780253221520
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22152-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Theaterwissenschaft, Pop Musik, Filmmusik und Bühnenmusik, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals