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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: A Cautionary Tale
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People
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Front Matter
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About this book
Reviews
"Elicit[s] fresh insights and convey[s] the flavor of the company's lofty goals, day-to-day realities, and sometimes fractious interpersonal relationships to an extent not hitherto available . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers." - CHOICE
"A comprehensive and informative look at The Group . . . I gladly recommend this new book to [people interested in The Group Theatre]." - Playbill.com
"Chinoy's impressive theory coheres to illustrate how the company strived to live up to the 'Group Idea'. the admirable but vague notion that theatre should lyrically speak to the range of cultural and political experiences of American life - an obsession that Chinoy calls a 'cautionary tale '. . . After all, it took a spectrum of experiences and values to build 'the most important experiment in American theatre'." - Theatre Survey
"The venerable Helen Krich Chinoy passed away prior to completing her work on the Group Theatre . . . But Don Wilmeth and Milly Barranger have done an admirable job with the monumental task of making certain that Chinoy's groundbreaking research saw the light of publication. The published result is . . . richly textured in its analysis and one where the author's voice is allowed to flow free." - Theatre Journal
"The late Professor Chinoy is still known widely and warmly as a pioneering theatre scholar and feminist role-model. In a lifetime of devoted research, including extensive interviews with surviving Group members, Helen Chinoy earned her opinions by walking the walk and talking the talk." - Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater and English, Yale University, USA
"This is an essential book filled with otherwise unavailable material about one of America's most notable experiments in alternative, collective theatre organization and production. What clearly sets this book apart is Helen Krich Chinoy's personal relationship with many of the members of the Group and her long years of thinking about the issues engendered by the Group's experiences." - Virginia Scott, Professor Emerita, Department of Theater, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
"Helen Krich Chinoy's long-awaited appraisal of the Group Theatre is a fascinating tribute to the controversial and pioneeringensemble that forced the American theatre to "put on long pants." It is also a tribute to the scholarship of Don Wilmeth and Milly Barranger whose judgement, patience and editorial skills channel Chinoy's remarkable voice." - Barry Witham, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, USAAbout the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Group Theatre
Book Subtitle: Passion, Politics, and Performance in the Depression Era
Authors: Helen Krich Chinoy
Editors: Don B Wilmeth, Milly S Barranger
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137294609
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-29459-3Published: 06 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45152-4Published: 06 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29460-9Published: 06 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre History, Performing Arts, History of the Americas, Cultural History, US History, Modern History