On the Performance Front

US Theatre and Internationalism

• Author(s): C. Canning,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 1349588903
  ISBN_13: 9781349588909
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Performing Arts / General , Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism , Art / General , Performing Arts / Theater / General , Performing Arts / Dance / Classical & Ballet , History / General ,

Description:... This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.