| Description |
xxi, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-308) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : American theatre history scholarship / O. G. Brockett -- The theatre and its audience : changing modes of social organization in the American theatre / D. McDermott -- Puritan mercantilism and the politics of anti-theatrical legislation in colonial American theatre / P. A. Davis -- "Lady-managers" in nineteenth-century American theatre / V. M. Roberts -- Hustlers in the house : the Bowery Theatre as a mode of historical information / R. K. Bank -- Museum theatre and the problem of respectability for mid-century urban Americans / B. A. McConachie -- Social awareness on stage : tensions mounting, 1850-1859 / W. J. Merserve -- The development of the American theatre program / M. Carlson -- The Hyers Sisters : pioneers in black musical comedy / E. Hill -- Money without glory : turn-of-the century America's women playwrights / F. H. Londre. Introduction : American theatre history scholarship / Oscar G. Brockett -- The theatre and its audience : changing modes of social organization in the American theatre / Douglas McDermott -- Puritan mercantilism and the politics of anti-theatrical legislation in colonial America / Peter A. Davis -- "Lady-managers" in nineteenth-century American theatre / Vera Mowry Roberts -- Hustlers in the house : the Bowery Theatre as a mode of historical information / Rosemarie K. Bank -- Museum theatre and the problem of respectability for mid-century urban Americans / Bruce A. McConachie -- Social awareness on stage : tensions mounting, 1850-1859 / Walter J. Meserve -- The development of the American theatre program / Marvin Carlson -- The Hyers Sisters : pioneers in black musical comedy / Errol Hill -- Money without glory : turn-of-the century America's women playwrights / Felicia Hardison Londre. |
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"For laughing purposes only" : the literature of American poplular entertainment / B. McNamara -- E pluribus unum : Berhardt's 1905-1906 farewell tour / S. M. Archer -- Commercialism glorified and vilified : 1920s theatre and the business world / R. H. Wainscott -- Quicksilver revisited : a portrait of the American stage in the 1930s / C. H. Shattuck -- The economic structure of the Federal Theater Project / B. B. Witham -- The American Repertory Theatre (1946-1947) and the repertory ideal, a case study / D. J. Watermeier -- Sojourning in Never Never Land : the idea of Hollywood in recent theatre autobiographies / T. Postlewait -- Consuming the past : commercial American theatre in the Reagan era / A. Woods -- Narrative strategies in selected studies of American theatre economics / M. M. Knapp. "For laughing purposes only" : the literature of American popular entertainment / Brooks McNamara -- E pluribus unum : Berhardt's 1905-1906 farewell tour / Stephen M. Archer -- Commercialism glorified and vilified : 1920s theatre and the business world / Ronald H. Wainscott --Quicksilver revisited : a portrait of the American stage in the 1930s / Charles H. Shattuck -- The economic structure of the Federal Theater Project / Barry B. Witham -- The American Repertory Theatre (1946-1947) and the repertory ideal, a case study / Daniel J. Watermeier -- Sojourning in Never Never Land : the idea of Hollywood in recent theatre autobiographies / Thomas Postlewait -- Consuming the past : commercial American theatre in the Reagan era / Alan Woods -- Narrative strategies in selected studies of American theatre economics / Margaret M. Knapp. |
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Multiculturalism versus technoculturalism : its challenge to American theatre and the functions of arts management / S. Langley -- Checklist of selected books on American theatre, 1960-1990 / D. B. Wilmeth. Multiculturalism versus technoculturalism : its challenge to American theatre and the functions of arts management / Stephen Langley -- Checklist of selected books on American theatre, 1960-1990 / Don B. Wilmeth. |
| Subject |
Theater and society
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Theater -- Economic aspects
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Theater -- History.
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| Added Author |
Engle, Ron.
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Miller, Tice L.
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| ISBN |
0521412382 |
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