The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre - Softcover

9780521564441: The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521564441 ISBN 13: 9780521564441

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

An encyclopedic guide to all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present, with over 2,300 cross-referenced entries on people, venues, plays, and other theatrical phenomena. There are over 100 topical entries covering theatre in several major US cities and such disparate subjects as African-American, Asian and Hispanic theatre, theatre architecture, scenic design, gay and lesbian theatre, magic, unions, puppetry, and alternative, popular forms (such as circus, vaudeville, burlesque, tent shows). Arranged alphabetically, the entries help to redefine the domain of the American theatre. The Guide is supplemented with an extensive bibliography and biographical index, the latter covering over 3,000 individual entries. This revised edition, building on the work of over 80 expert contributors and including numerous corrections, updates and over 40 new entries reinforces its reputation as the most up-to-date guide to American theatre available.

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Review:

"Wonderfully compact, well written, and generously illustrated, this is recommended for most libraries."
-Library Journal

"A balanced, well written source on the history of American theatre, the Cambridge Guide to American Theatre belongs on the shelf of every fine arts reference collection."
-Reference Book Review

"...a far more inclusive, contemporary and just plain useful book."
-Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner

"Recommended for all literary reference collections."
-R.R. Centing, Choice

"...an impressive repository of information that every student of American drama--and, more broadly, American culture--will want to own....In the past few months, I have reached for this book scores of times, and have always found its information extremely helpful, its lucid prose a pleasure to read. It is an invaluable reference tool of which eighty-three fine scholars and Cambridge University Press can justifiably be very proud."
-Stephen Watt, The Journal of the American Society for Theatre Research

"...an impressive, comprehensive encyclopedia of the people, plays, performances, and events of theatre and theatre-related activity...extremely valuable resource for anyone interested in the performing arts in this country... one of the major standard reference books in the field."
-Sam Abel, New England Theatre Journal

"...should rapidly become a standard reference work... a major achievement whose myriad uses are as easy to imagine as they are impossible to enumerate."
-Jackson R. Bryer, Times Higher Education Supplement

"...refreshingly unusual in its coverage of the theatrical past of a country that generally does not care much about it. The entries cover a wide range of subjects...an extremely good browse, with so many intriguing cross-references."
-The Economist

"Informative and entertaining...serves admirably for occasional theatergoer to drama expert, covering earliest to contemporary periods....Clearly written, it features cross references, a bibliographical listings and biographical index."
-Lil Medas, The Reading Lamp

"...essentiaL to any library from secondary schools upward....This guide represents an essential source for students and scholars of U.S. theater."
-American Reference Books Annual

Book Description:

A paperback edition of the acclaimed Guide to American Theatre, revised and updated, with over 40 new entries. Eighty theatre specialists have written entries on diverse aspects of theatre, but with an emphasis on the contemporary and alternative theatre.

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