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Sophie Treadwell A Research and Production Sourcebook
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Jerry Dickey
Book Code: GR9388
ISBN: 0-313-29388-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29388-7
288 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1997
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Studies of American theatre have too long omitted the accomplishments of Sophie Treadwell. Although best remembered today for only a single work, the explosive 1928 drama Machinal, Treadwell maintained a career in the theatre that spanned close to 60 years and included the authorship of approximately 40 plays. At a time when women playwrights were growing steadily among the ranks of Broadway dramatists, Treadwell was one of a select few of these women who also actively produced and directed their own plays. She became a relentless and articulate advocate for the commercial and artistic rights afforded playwrights on Broadway and around the world. She experimented with a range of dramatic structures and styles, and often tackled timely or controversial subjects which she knew would prove unpopular with commercial producers. Most significantly, she continually placed female characters in subject positions in her plays and dramatized women's personal and social struggles for independence and equality. In spite of her achievements, Treadwell has been largely overlooked. But after highly prominent revivals of Machinal by the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1990 and London's Royal National Theatre in 1993, she has begun to be recognized for her enormous contributions to the American stage. This volume is a comprehensive reference guide to her life and work. A biography and chronology summarize the most important events in her career. The book then presents summaries and critical overviews of her many plays. The work includes an extensive annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and it concludes with production histories for her works.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • A Note on Codes and Numbering
  • Chronology
  • Life and Career
  • The Plays: Summaries and Critical Overviews
  • Primary Bibliography
  • Annotated Secondary Bibliography: Reviews
  • Annotated Secondary Bibliography: Books, Articles, Sections
  • Productions and Credits
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
LC Card Number: 96-43986
LCC Class: PS3539
Dewey Class: 812
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