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Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage

4/5 ( ratings)

..". a thoughtful and important treatment of the international tensions of the period as they were embodied in theatre practice. It is the only book of its kind on the subject, and a valuable source of production information." --Theatre Journal

..". an excellent discussion of the aesthetics of theater." --Choice

The escalation of the war in Vietnam in the mid-1960s unleashed worldwide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and with the problems of creating effective political theatre in the television age. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: May 01, 1996

ISBN: 0253330327

ISBN 13: 9780253330321

Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage

4/5 ( ratings)

..". a thoughtful and important treatment of the international tensions of the period as they were embodied in theatre practice. It is the only book of its kind on the subject, and a valuable source of production information." --Theatre Journal

..". an excellent discussion of the aesthetics of theater." --Choice

The escalation of the war in Vietnam in the mid-1960s unleashed worldwide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and with the problems of creating effective political theatre in the television age. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: May 01, 1996

ISBN: 0253330327

ISBN 13: 9780253330321

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