To Have or Have Not: Essays on Commerce and Capital in Modernist Theatre
Essays on Commerce and Capital in Modernist Theatre.
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater – by James Fisher
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This second edition covers theatrical practice and practitioners as well as the dramatic literature of the United States of America from 1930 to the present. Includes a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on plays, playwrights, directors, designers, actors, critics, producers, theaters, and terminology.
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