Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1960s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
GENERAL PREFACE
1 Introduction: Living in the 1960s
	The baby boom
	The golden age of capitalism
	Social forces, political movements
		The labour market
		The fight against white supremacy
		Sex, gender and sexuality
	Culture: From the quotidian to the extraordinary
		Where did we live?
		What did we eat?
		What did we watch?
		What did we listen to?
	A year of cataclysm and promise: 1968
2 American Theatre in the 1960s
	Broadway: Crisis and continuity
		The Broadway musical
		Broadway drama
	Off- and Off-Off-Broadway
		Off-Broadway
		Off-Off-Broadway
	The residential theatre movement: Acorns and oak trees
		The Guthrie Theater
	The Black Arts Movement
		The Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School
		Ed Bullins and the New Lafayette Theatre
		Concept East Theatre
		Barbara Ann Teer and the National Black Theatre
	Theatre collectives: The power of community
		The Living Theatre
		The Free Southern Theater
	Gay and queer drama: Out of the closet
		Drama out of the closet
		The Theatre of the Ridiculous
	Asian American theatre
		The East West Players
		Oriental Actors of America
	Latino theatre
		El Teatro Campesino
		Latino theatre in New York
	Conclusion: Into the new millennium
3 Edward Albee
	Introduction
	Dawn of the 1960s
	The Zoo Story
	The Sandbox and The American Dream
	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Tiny Alice
	A Delicate Balance
	Other works
	Conclusion
4 Amiri Baraka
	Introduction
	Beginnings
	The Beat Period: The Eighth Ditch and The Baptism
	The Transitional Period
		The Toilet
		A Recent Killing
		Dutchman
		The Slave
	The Black Nationalist Period
		Experimental Death Unit #1
		A Black Mass
		Great Goodness of Life: A Coon Show
		Madheart
		Celebrity satires: J-E-L-L-O , The Sidney Poet Heroical and Rockgroup
		Slave Ship
	Conclusion
5 Adrienne Kennedy
	Introduction
	Early life and career
	Kennedy and the Black Arts Movement
	Funnyhouse of a Negro
	Cities in Bezique
	A Rat’s Mass
	London plays: The Lennon Play , A Lesson in Dead Language, Sun
	General response to her work
	Conclusion
6 Jean-Claude van Itallie
	Introduction
	‘Playwright of the Workshop’
	The ‘Doris’ Plays
	America Hurrah
	The Serpent
	Conclusion
Documents
	Awards
		Obie
		Drama Desk–Vernon Rice
		Antoinette Perry Award (‘Tony’)
	Primary voices
		Historical and cultural context
		Changes to the theatre
		Artistic influence and criticism
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX