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Regional theatre : the revolutionary stage /

Regional Theatre was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is a social history of a recent American cultural phenomen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zeigler, Joseph Wesley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1973.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Regional Theatre was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is a social history of a recent American cultural phenomenonthe development since World War II of numerous nonprofit regional theatres which, as a group, have changed the complexion of the American theatre. It is the story of a revolution, now over, and a call for a new purpose to follow it. After a discussion of the background against which the regional theatre movement began, the author traces the histories of individual theatre companies. And yet the book is less about actors, directors, and productions than it is about the struggle to create and sustain new cultural forms, and the tension between regional and central phenomena. Mr. Zeigler sees several related themes: institutionalism theatre as a continuing creative organism; decentralizationthe bringing of theatre to all areas of the country; and the development of a National Theatre to serve the entire country. A significant element in the book consists of examination of some of the important funding programs which have aided the development of regional theatres.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and index.
ISBN:9780816664986
0816664986
9780816658947
0816658943