Staging America : : twenty-first-century dramatists / / Christopher Bigsby.
A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, S...
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| Place / Publishing House: | London, England : : Methuen Drama,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) |
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| Summary: | A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Allegría Hudes - whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1350127566 1350127558 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Christopher Bigsby. |