{"product_id":"modern-american-drama-playwriting-in-the-1930s-voices-documents-new-interpretations-paperback","title":"Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrenda Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJulia Listengarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eDecades of Modern American Drama\u003c\/i\u003e 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documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: \u003cbr\u003e* Clifford Odets: \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Lefty\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eAwake and Sing!\u003c\/i\u003e (1935) and \u003ci\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1937);\u003cbr\u003e* Lillian Hellman: \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Hour\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), \u003ci\u003eThe Little Foxes\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), and \u003ci\u003eDays to Come\u003c\/i\u003e (1936);\u003cbr\u003e* Langston Hughes: \u003ci\u003eMulatto\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eMule Bone\u003c\/i\u003e (1930, with Zora Neale Hurston) and \u003ci\u003eLittle Ham\u003c\/i\u003e (1936);\u003cbr\u003e* Gertrude Stein: \u003ci\u003eDoctor Faustus Lights the Lights\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), \u003ci\u003eFour Saints in Three Acts\u003c\/i\u003e (written in 1927, published in 1932) and \u003ci\u003eListen to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (1936).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theater at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRediscovering Mordecai Gorelik: Scene Design and the American Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and co-author (with Scott R. Irelan and Julie Felise Dubiner) of The \u003ci\u003eProcess of Dramatury: A Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101635711111,"sku":"9781350215481","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5652780c46295a1e1b9e82f1159e55cb.webp?v=1732396192","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/modern-american-drama-playwriting-in-the-1930s-voices-documents-new-interpretations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}