America's First Regional Theatre

The Cleveland Play House and Its Search for a Home
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48388-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3746 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ullom, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Building the House 2. Averting Disaster and Ignoring Cleveland 3. Learning Curve 4. "Catch These Vandals!" 5. The War at Home 6. Escaping "No Man's Land" 7. The 'Endangered' Theatre 8. A Place to Call Home Conclusion: The New "No Man's Land"

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Ullom is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at Case Western Reserve University, USA.