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While retaining the key elements of the first edition, including surveys of those major figures who have shaped post-war American drama, such as Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, David Mamet and Sam Shepard, Bigsby also explores the most recent works and performances: these include plays by established dramatists such as Miller’s The Ride down Mount Morgan and Albee’s Three Tall Women, as well as works by relatively newer playwrights Paula Vogel, Tony Kushner and Terrence McNally among others. Bigsby also provides a new chapter, ‘Beyond Broadway’, and offers an analysis of how theatre has formed and influenced the millennial culture of America.  \n􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉􀀊 􀀋􀀌􀀍􀀇􀀎􀀈 􀀐􀀉􀀑􀀊􀀐􀀒 is Professor of American Studies atthe University of East Anglia and has published more than twenty-five books covering American theatre, popular culture and British drama, including A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama and Contemporary American Playwrights. He is co-editor, with Don Wilmeth, of The Cambridge History of American Theatre. He is also an awardwinning novelist and regular radio and television broadcaster.  \nMODERN AMERICAN DRAMA, 􀀓􀀔􀀕􀀖–􀀁􀀂􀀂􀀂  \nMODERN AMERICAN DRAMA, 􀀓􀀔􀀕􀀖–􀀁􀀂􀀂􀀂  \nC . W. E . BIGSBY  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉 􀀃􀀋 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆 􀀆􀀋􀀎􀀉􀀅􀀏􀀐􀀌􀀈 􀀑􀀒 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀑􀀒 􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom  \n􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK  \n40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA  \n477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain  \nDock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa  \n[http://www.cambridge.org](http://www.cambridge.org)[ ](http://www.cambridge.org)© Cambridge University Press 2004 First published in printed format 2000  \nISBN 0-521-79089-1 hardback ISBN 0-521-79410-2 paperback  \nContents  \nPreface to First Edition Preface to Second Edition  \n􀀓 The absent voice: American drama and the critic  \n􀀁 Eugene O’Neill’s Endgame  \n􀀠 Tennessee Williams: the theatricalising self  \n􀀕 Arthur Miller: the moral imperative  \n􀀖 Edward Albee: journey to apocalypse  \n􀀡 A Broadway interlude  \n􀀣 Sam Shepard: imagining America  \n􀀢 David Mamet: all true stories  \n􀀔 The performing self  \n􀀓􀀂 Redefining the centre: politics, race, gender 􀀓􀀓 Beyond Broadway  \nNotes  \nIndex  \npage ix x  \n􀀓  \n􀀓􀀕  \n􀀠􀀓  \n􀀡􀀔  \n􀀓􀀁􀀕  \n􀀓􀀖􀀕  \n􀀓􀀡􀀕  \n􀀓􀀔􀀔  \n􀀁􀀠􀀣  \n􀀁􀀡􀀓  \n􀀠􀀡􀀠  \n􀀕􀀁􀀖  \n􀀕􀀕􀀓","cbCaivXgkSqxC64A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivXgkSqxC64A","pdf",2041474,467,"English","# Contents\n## Preface to First Edition\n## Preface to Second Edition\n## The absent voice: American drama and the critic\n## Eugene O’Neill’s Endgame\n## Tennessee Williams: the theatricalising self\n## Arthur Miller: the moral imperative\n## Edward Albee: journey to apocalypse\n## A Broadway interlude\n## Sam Shepard: imagining America\n## David Mamet: all true stories\n## The performing self\n## Redefining the centre: politics, race, gender\n## Beyond Broadway\n## Notes\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What time period does Modern American Drama, 1945-2000 cover?\",\"answer\":\"It covers post-war and contemporary American theatre across the period from 1945 to 2000, with attention to both established traditions and recent developments.\"},{\"question\":\"Which playwrights and works are highlighted in the survey?\",\"answer\":\"The book discusses major figures such as Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, and it also considers newer playwrights and their plays, including Miller’s The Ride down Mount Morgan and Albee’s Three Tall Women.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the chapter “Beyond Broadway”?\",\"answer\":\"“Beyond Broadway” provides analysis of how theatre has formed and influenced American millennial culture, extending the survey beyond mainstream commercial stages.\"}]","Modern American Drama - 1945-2000 - A Survey of Post-war and Contemporary Theatre | PDF",1789974670,719]