About Twentieth Century North American Drama

Subject
This sixth release of Twentieth Century North American Drama includes more than 1,386 plays by 209 playwrights. New to this release are many important names in contemporary theatre, such as David Rabe, Maria Irene Fornes, Don DeLillo, Alice Childress and Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Zindel and (most recently) David Lindsay-Abaire. In addition, major several Canadian plays have been added, including works by Michel Tremblay, George F. Walker, David French, George Ryga, and Joanna McClelland Glass. Also new to the collection are recent works by Horton Foote, Emily Mann, Susan Sontag, Don DeLillo, Romulus Linney, and Sam Shepard. The early decades of the 20th century will be covered thoroughly.

In addition, to be included is a number of plays of particular social significance, such as the "people’s theatre" exemplified in performances by The Living Theatre and The Open Theatre. This material, with its heavy social and political overtones, will be of particular interest to students and scholars of popular culture and history.

Twentieth Century North American Drama includes sections devoted to regional theatre and contemporary theatre. The aim is to have several hundred plays that have never been published before. The collection will contain not only the texts themselves, but also hundreds of playbills, posters, and other ephemera.

Sources
This release of the database includes 1,386 plays by 209 playwrights. The collection includes texts and details of plays that subsequently were made into films.

The collection includes selected authors from Alexander Street’s other projects, including Black Drama, Latino Literature, Asian American Drama, and North American Women’s Drama. In addition, the project specifically targets gay and lesbian theatre, along with plays drawn from the Jewish theatre, American Indian theatre, and other groups.

Provider
Alexander Street Press

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Created: 1/8/2008.