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New American Dramatists 1960–1990

  • Textbook
  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Ruby Cohn

    1. University of California, Davis, USA

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Part of the book series: Modern Dramatists (MD)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Looking Forward

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 1-7

  3. Broadway Bound: Simon, Kopit, McNally, Wilson

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 8-27

  4. Roaming Around: Ribman, Rabe, Guare, Hwang

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 28-45

  5. Ladies’ Day: Owens, Howe, Henley, Norman

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 46-58

  6. Actor-Activated: Gelber, Horovitz, van Itallie, Terry, Fornès

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 59-83

  7. Agit-Prop and Political Purpose: the Becks, Holden, Valdez, Nelson

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 84-102

  8. Black on Black: Childress, Baraka, Bullins, Kennedy

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 103-123

  9. From Gay to Ridiculous: Duberman, Patrick, Tavel, Bernard, Ludlam

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 124-144

  10. Visuals, and Visions: Foreman, Breuer

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 145-159

  11. Eloquent Energies: Mamet, Shepard

    • Ruby Cohn
    Pages 160-184
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In the second edition of her New American Dramatists Ruby Cohn carries her panoramic survey to 1990. Not only does she augment the existing chapters on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway, but she adds new material on women playwrights as well as Asian-American dramatists. With the emergence of David Mamet and Sam Shepard as major playwrights, she contrasts them for mutual illumination.

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  • University of California, Davis, USA

    Ruby Cohn

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