Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway Situating the Western Experience in Performing Arts
Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did emb...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2011, 2011
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| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace |
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| Physical Description: | 280 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230119147 |