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Early-twentieth-century frontier dramas on Broadway [electronic resource] : situating the western experience in performing arts /

by Wattenberg, Richard; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: 267 p. : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History | American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Frontier and pioneer life in literature | Myth in literature | Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History | West (U.S.) -- In literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Pt. 1. The axes of analysis: frontier western discourse and theatre practice -- The frontier western discourse at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century -- The turn-of-the-century American theatre context -- Pt. 2. The plays -- Discipline and spontaneity: Clyde Fitch's The cowboy and the lady and Augustus Thomas's Arizona -- Drama from novels: John Ermine of the Yellowstone and The Virginian -- Variations on the frontier myth: Edward Milton Royle's The squaw man and David Belasco's The girl of the golden west -- From melodrama to realism: William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide and Rachel Crothers's The three of us -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The axes of analysis: frontier western discourse and theatre practice -- The frontier western discourse at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century -- The turn-of-the-century American theatre context -- Pt. 2. The plays -- Discipline and spontaneity: Clyde Fitch's The cowboy and the lady and Augustus Thomas's Arizona -- Drama from novels: John Ermine of the Yellowstone and The Virginian -- Variations on the frontier myth: Edward Milton Royle's The squaw man and David Belasco's The girl of the golden west -- From melodrama to realism: William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide and Rachel Crothers's The three of us -- Conclusion.

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