American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives |
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| Author:
| Pressley, Nelson |
| Series title: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-43705-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $109.99 |
Book Description:
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Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.
Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.