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Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway R. Wattenberg

Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway By R. Wattenberg

Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway by R. Wattenberg

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Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace.

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Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway: Situating the Western Experience in Performing Arts by R. Wattenberg

Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace.

Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway Reviews

The wealth of allusions, ranging from Theodore Roosevelt's role in shaping attitudes about the frontier to the impact of railroads, enlivens the evocation of this crucial decade in American self-definition . . . Recommended. - CHOICE

'Wattenberg's work is intelligent, well-informed, and wide-ranging, and his analyses of the plays are excellent. It delves in detail into material that has been too often overlooked and underappreciated. There is really nothing like this.' Roger Hall, Professor of Theatre, James Madison University

About R. Wattenberg

RICHARD WATTENBERG Professor of Theatre Arts at Portland State University, USA.

Table of Contents

PART I: THE AXES OF ANALYSIS: FRONTIER WESTERN DISCOURSE AND THEATRE PRACTICE The Frontier Western Discourse at the Turn of the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century The Turn-of-the-Century American Theatre Context PART II: THE PLAYS Discipline and Spontaneity: Clyde Fitch's The Cowboy and the Lady and Augustus Thomas's Arizona Drama from Novels: John Ermine of the Yellowstone and The Virginian Variations on the Frontier Myth: Edward Milton Royle's The Squaw Man and David Belasco's The Girl of the Golden West From Melodrama to Realism: William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide and Rachel Crothers's The Three of Us

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NLS9781349293766
9781349293766
1349293768
Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway: Situating the Western Experience in Performing Arts by R. Wattenberg
R. Wattenberg
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
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Palgrave Macmillan
2011-05-11
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