The American stage and the Great Depression : a cultural history of the grotesque
著者
書誌事項
The American stage and the Great Depression : a cultural history of the grotesque
（Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama, 6）
Cambridge University Press, 2006, c1997
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index
"First published 1997. This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--T.p. verso
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book proposes a correlation between the divided 'mind' of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's 'scream-lined revue', Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. Sherwood, Clare Boothe Luce and S. N. Behrman are interpreted as theatrical reflections of Depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyses America of the 1930s as an era of the 'grotesque', in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence, and by examining these works of theatre as products of particular historical circumstances, argues for a strong connection between cultural history and theatre history.
目次
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: loving the grotesque
- 1. The grotesque and the Great Depression
- 2. The political analogy
- or, 'tragicomedy' in an in-between age
- 3. Misery burlesqued: the peculiar case of Tobacco Road
- 4. Chaos and cruelty in the theatrical space: Horse Eats Hat, Hellzapoppin, and the pleasure of farce
- Appendix: cast and staff information for principal productions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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