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- catalog abstract "The theatre as mirror of our peculiar politics - this is the theme of Robert Brustein's engaging new collection of writings. No theatre critic in America is more informed by ideas than Mr. Brustein, and no critic does a better job of relating theatre to the larger culture. Here, in essays, reviews, and profiles, some of them appearing for the first time, Mr. Brustein uses the prism of the American theatre to explore the motivating impulses behind galloping political correctness.".
- catalog contributor b6516745.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Positions. The Theatre of Guilt. The Options of Multiculturalism. The War on the Arts, I. The War on the Arts, II. Greenwich Village Follies. An Embarrassment of Riches. Dumbocracy in America -- Performances. Cold Hearts. Birds and Beasts of the West. Twenty-first Century Hamlet. Dressup Plays. In the Belly of "La Bete" Emerging British Directors. Public and Private History. More Yuppie Realism. Terror in the Bedroom. The Schlepic, Part II: Escape from Saigon. The Dreaming of the Bones. Melting the Concrete. Opinions, Opinions. What Do Women Playwrights Want? 'Cause Jelly Don't Shake Like That. Awards Versus Achievements. Wilson Lights Stein's Lights. The Theatre of Pain. The Editorial Play. Nothing to Declare. Akalaitis Axed. Angles in America. The Great Work Falters. Return of the Master. Diversity and Unity. Hillbilly Blues. A Theatre Marking Time. The Rehabilitation of Edward Albee. PC -- or Not PC -- Profiles. Strindberg to the Life. Legitimizing Kenneth Tynan.".
- catalog description "The theatre as mirror of our peculiar politics - this is the theme of Robert Brustein's engaging new collection of writings. No theatre critic in America is more informed by ideas than Mr. Brustein, and no critic does a better job of relating theatre to the larger culture. Here, in essays, reviews, and profiles, some of them appearing for the first time, Mr. Brustein uses the prism of the American theatre to explore the motivating impulses behind galloping political correctness.".
- catalog extent "276 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Dumbocracy in America.".
- catalog identifier "1566630606 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dumbocracy in America.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : Dee,".
- catalog relation "Dumbocracy in America.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "792.9/5/09730908 20".
- catalog subject "American drama 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN2266.5 .B78 1994".
- catalog subject "Theater United States Reviews.".
- catalog subject "Theater and society United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Positions. The Theatre of Guilt. The Options of Multiculturalism. The War on the Arts, I. The War on the Arts, II. Greenwich Village Follies. An Embarrassment of Riches. Dumbocracy in America -- Performances. Cold Hearts. Birds and Beasts of the West. Twenty-first Century Hamlet. Dressup Plays. In the Belly of "La Bete" Emerging British Directors. Public and Private History. More Yuppie Realism. Terror in the Bedroom. The Schlepic, Part II: Escape from Saigon. The Dreaming of the Bones. Melting the Concrete. Opinions, Opinions. What Do Women Playwrights Want? 'Cause Jelly Don't Shake Like That. Awards Versus Achievements. Wilson Lights Stein's Lights. The Theatre of Pain. The Editorial Play. Nothing to Declare. Akalaitis Axed. Angles in America. The Great Work Falters. Return of the Master. Diversity and Unity. Hillbilly Blues. A Theatre Marking Time. The Rehabilitation of Edward Albee. PC -- or Not PC -- Profiles. Strindberg to the Life. Legitimizing Kenneth Tynan.".
- catalog title "Dumbocracy in America : studies in the theatre of guilt, 1987-1994 / Robert Brustein.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Reviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".