The Provincetown Players and the Culture of Modernity |
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Author:
| Murphy, Brenda |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-12278-8 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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The Provincetown Players, a consciously literary and experimental theatre group that flourished in Greenwich Village from 1916-1922, is known for discovering and nurturing such playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. This book places the Provincetown Players in the context of American culture in the period around World War I, particularly the developing culture of modernism, by detailing the art and thought of the Players, who included some of the...
More DescriptionThe Provincetown Players, a consciously literary and experimental theatre group that flourished in Greenwich Village from 1916-1922, is known for discovering and nurturing such playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. This book places the Provincetown Players in the context of American culture in the period around World War I, particularly the developing culture of modernism, by detailing the art and thought of the Players, who included some of the most significant modernist poets and artists of their time and place.