Staging America : Twenty-First-Century Dramatists

A new generation of playwrights, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when American theatre and society was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights - including Ayad Akhtar, S...

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Main Author: Bigsby, Christopher (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Bloomsbury Academic 2019
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