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Modern American Drama ((Colonial Am considered theaters moral dialogues.,…
Modern American Drama
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In years, the opera houses were converted into motion picture theatres & Hollywood began a creative force along with the radio with its radio plays.
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Popularized by Eugene O’ Neill, one act plays fed Hollywood with ideas for films.
Edward Albee, Arthur Miller, E. O’Neill, Neil Symon, Tennessee Williams were the most imp figures of Am theatre up to 1970s.
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Rich productions, entertainment, ideologically mainstream theatre
Not really anti-social but the topics & producers & the actors have personal reasons to stand against Broadway’s fantastic & costly productions.
The most anti- Am, vulgar, untamed, original, yet direct & productive theatre
Organized by communists, LGTB, etc. in a very personal & philosophical way.
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Tennessee Williams
American playwright
After years of obscurity, he became suddenly famous with The Glass Menagerie (1944), a play that closely reflected his own unhappy family background.
This heralded a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), and Sweet Bird of Youth (1959).
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