Twenty-First Century American Playwrights

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Christopher Bigsby

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The early years of the twenty-first century saw several losses for the American theatre but also marked the emergence of a new generation of exciting playwrights. In this book, Christopher Bigsby explores the work of nine of these developing talents, and the importance of issues including race, gender and politics for their writing. Increasingly, these new figures are gaining their reputations not on Broadway but in small theatres and small towns or even abroad, bringing fresh and diverse perspectives to contemporary American drama. With a focus on female writers and on issues of personal and public identity in contemporary society, this volume investigates the styles and techniques these playwrights favour, the themes they raise, and their role in a changing America and a changing world.

Author Biography:

Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. He has published more than fifty books, with his recent titles including The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture (Cambridge, 2006), The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson (Cambridge, 2007) and Viewing America: Twenty-First Century Television Drama (Cambridge, 2013).

Release date Australia

December 7th, 2017

Author

Christopher Bigsby

Pages

232

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Dimensions

180x254x17

ISBN-13

9781108419581

Product ID

26840917

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