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Expressionism on the American stage: Paul Green and Kurt Weill's Johnny Johnson (1936). Expressionism was a movement in drama and theatre that principally developed in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. It was then popularized in the United States, Spain, China, the U.K., and all around the world.
American Feminist Playwrights (1996) online; Fisher, James. ed. Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 (2 vol. 2011) Krasner, David. American Drama 1945 – 2000: An Introduction (2006) Krasner, David. A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927 (2002) online
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier associated with Chekhov, Ibsen, and Strindberg.
Because of this, American silent films were often able to be shown universally and the same story would be communicated to most audiences, regardless of their language. [10] Another key feature of silent films was the speed—on average, the film reels were sped up by about four times the usual speed. This was done in order to make time for a ...
Richard Wagner's Bayreuth Festival Theatre.. A wide range of movements existed in the theatrical culture of Europe and the United States in the 19th century. In the West, they include Romanticism, melodrama, the well-made plays of Scribe and Sardou, the farces of Feydeau, the problem plays of Naturalism and Realism, Wagner's operatic Gesamtkunstwerk, Gilbert and Sullivan's plays and operas ...
Pages in category "Lists of American drama television series episodes" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 206 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Founded in 1979 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to neglected works of the past; and to established classical texts reinterpreted in refreshing new ways. [1]
No Drama prize was given, however, so that one was inaugurated in 1918, in a sense.) [2] It recognizes a theatrical work staged in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year. Until 2007, eligibility for the Drama Prize ran from March 1 to March 2 to reflect the Broadway "season" rather than the calendar year that governed most other Pulitzer ...