American Avant-Garde Theatre

American Avant-Garde Theatre
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9781136370762
ISBN-13 : 1136370765
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Book Synopsis American Avant-Garde Theatre by : Arnold Aronson

Download or read book American Avant-Garde Theatre written by Arnold Aronson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s. American Avant-Garde Theatre offers a definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by examining: *Gertrude Stein *John Cage *The Beat writers *Avant-garde cinema *Abstract Expressionism *Minimalism There are fascinating discussions and illustrations of the productions of the Living Theatre, the Wooster Group, Open Theatre, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre and Performance Group. among many others. Aronson also examines why avant-garde theatre declined and virtually disappeared at the end of the twentieth century.


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