A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 3, Beyond BroadwayCambridge University Press, 1985 M05 2 - 496 pages In this, the third and final volume of his critical account of American drama in the twentieth century, Christopher Bigsby turns from the text-oriented drama of Williams, Miller and Albee (volume 2) in order to trace other, parallel theatrical developments of the post-war period, including contemporary groups and playwrights. Beyond Broadway denotes the geographical and spiritual challenges to prevailing standards which so fragmented the theatre of the 1960s in particular. Following his analysis of the Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway playwrights and theatres, Dr Bigsby separates the period into four main areas: performance theatre (including the Living Theatre and the Performance Group); the conjunction of dance, music and painting with drama in the 'theatre of images'; two successful contemporary playwrights, Sam Shepard and David Mamet; and finally the committed theatre exemplified in the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Chicano, black and women's theatre. |
Contents
BEYOND BROADWAY | 1 |
Zen Happenings Artaud Grotowski | 39 |
PERFORMANCE THEATRE | 63 |
The Living Theatre | 74 |
The Open Theatre | 97 |
The Performance Group | 124 |
THE THEATRE OF IMAGES ART THEATRE AND THE REAL | 147 |
Robert Wilson | 165 |
The San Francisco Mime Troupe | 334 |
Bread and Puppet | 343 |
El Teatro Campesino | 355 |
American Indian theatre | 365 |
Black theatre | 375 |
Gay theatre | 416 |
Womens theatre | 420 |
Afterword | 441 |
Richard Foreman | 190 |
Lee Breuer | 204 |
THE PLAYWRIGHT | 219 |
Sam Shepard | 221 |
David Mamet | 251 |
THE THEATRE OF COMMITMENT | 291 |
Appendix | 442 |
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