American Drama between the Wars: A Critical History FROM THE PUBLISHER
The great age of modern American drama can be understood only in terms of an unprecedented confluence of social and political forces, which catalyzed a new form of drama comparable to the achievements of Stanislavsky in Russia, Max Reinhardt in Berlin, Andre Antoine in Paris, and W.B. Yeats in Dublin. When in 1913 the Armory Exhibition presented the work of European artists Picasso, Brancusi, and Duchamp for the first time in the United States, the country's past aesthetic standards were irreparably fractured.
FROM THE CRITICS
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The coming of age of American drama, explored through the work of the exemplars and innovators--O'Neill, Glaspell, Rice, Odets, Kaufman, Hellman, Orson Welles, et al.--as well as through the little theater movement and such theater collectives as the Provincetown Players, the Neighborhood Playhouse, the Group Theatre, and the Federal Theatre Project. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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