Books : Documentary Theatre in the United States: An Historical Survey and Analysis of Its Content, Form, and Stagecraft (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.051409
EAN num: 9780313304491
ISBN number: 0313304491
Label: Greenwood Press
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: June 30, 1999
Publishing house: Greenwood Press
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Studio: Greenwood Press
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Numerous social issues have marked the growth of the United States, and many of these continue to shape contemporary American culture. While many of these issues have been treated in novels, they have also captured the attention of playwrights. Documentary theatre explores the issues and events at the very heart of society. But in spite of its significance, this dramatic form continues to escape, for the most part, the awareness of the theatre community and its public. This book is an historical and critical survey of documentary theatre in the United States since John Reed's The Pageant of the Paterson Strike (1913). It defines documentary theatre as a dramatic representation of societal forces using a close reexamination of events, individuals, or situations. By listing current and more distant examples of American documentary theatre, the book shows that the genre is richly steeped in the oral history tradition. Therefore, American documentary theatre is an alternative to conventional journalism. For the theatre practitioner, the volume provides valuable insight about the process of making a documentary play. For the investigative researcher, the book shows that documentary theatre possesses a non-Aristotelian dramatic structure, in contrast to the strictly narrative form generally found in conventional drama. Through an overview of numerous plays, the book observes that even though documentary theatre reinvents itself from time to time, its constituent parts remain roughly the same. It concludes that a new period of expression is presently underway in the United States, one that affirms that the theatre is a vital part of society and is as important as religion, education, and government.
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If you are doing serious research in documentary theater then you must have this book. Dawson profiles and quantifies a subject that is shrouded in ambiguity. It made my thesis come to reality by creating models for comparison and judgment.
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