Village radicals, new Americans, boom, and crash /
This program analyzes the cultural changes that occurred during the early 20th century, the golden age of American mainstream theater. Ellen Adler, owner of The Stella Adler Conservatory; playwright Michael Dinwiddie; Brooks McNamara, director of the Shubert Archive; and theater historian and author...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2006], c1999
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| Series: | Search for an American voice in theater
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| Summary: | This program analyzes the cultural changes that occurred during the early 20th century, the golden age of American mainstream theater. Ellen Adler, owner of The Stella Adler Conservatory; playwright Michael Dinwiddie; Brooks McNamara, director of the Shubert Archive; and theater historian and author Mary Henderson address topics such as the impact of immigrants on the emerging voices in drama; the blossoming of ethnic theater; the role of the American Laboratory Theater; the influence of the Greenwich Village Theatre and the Provincetown Players; and the works of Eugene O'Neill, including Beyond the Horizon, Long Day's Journey into Night, and The Iceman Cometh |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 27, 2006 Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sd., col., digital file |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet System requirements: FOD playback platform |
| Audience: | 9 & up |
| Access: | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand |