Theatre History Studies articles from June 1 2001

Theatre History Studies archives from June 1 2001

An Editorial Endorsement!(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Although the purpose of Theatre History Studies and of this Editorial page is not designed to promote other journals, I wish to make an exception. The Journal of Scholarly Publishing, published quarterly, is definitely "a must for anyone who...

When Theatre Courage Counted.
June 1, 2001... In 1998 the Manhattan Theatre Club initially canceled its production of Terrence McNally's new play, Corpus Christi, after pressure from what PEN International called "a capitulation to right-wing extremists and religious zealots." It recalled...

Catherine the Great's Woeful Knight: A Slanted Parody.
June 1, 2001... "How is it going, and will it be funny'?" asked an anxious librettist. In December 1788, a new comic opera was being readied for its premiere at the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg. The composer was Martin y Soler, and the author of the...

Making a Tree from Thirst: Acquiescence and Defiance in the Negro Federal Theatre Project in Birmingham, Alabama.
June 1, 2001... Like the dervish on the plains of India, the workers of the Federal Theatre Projects made a tree -from thirst. Hallie Flanagan(1) Southern Conference of Federal Theatres October 7, 1936 We are always in &roger of becoming silly...

The Angel in the Theatre: Marie Wilton, the Performance of Femininity and Intertheatrical Playwrighting.
June 1, 2001... For much of the Victorian age the domestic angel reigned as the ideal of femininity: Victorian criticism has only begun to reveal the tensions and challenges within this role. Passionate, dynamic, willful yet respectable women appear to be...

The `Women' of the Roman Stage: As Goethe Saw Them.
June 1, 2001... Puccini's opera Tosca takes place in the year 1800 in Rome, where the heroine sings her last arias before leaping out from the tower of Castel Sant' Angelo joining her beloved Cavaradossi in death. The spectators watching the opera are exposed...

The Roman Theatres in the Age of Pius VI.
June 1, 2001... (Translated from the Italian by Live Hov Chapter II: THE MISOGYNOUS PROHIBITION(1) One of the most striking characteristics of the Roman theatre during the reign of the popes was the exclusion of women from the stage, an exclusion that...

The Canvas Cathedral: Toby Shows as Nativistic Social Movements.
June 1, 2001... From the turn of the twentieth century through the nineteen thirties, the most prevalent form of rural American popular entertainment represents an integral chapter of American theatre history; a facet of theatre that is unfamiliar to most...

The Madison Square Theatre: Stage Practice and Technology in Transition.
June 1, 2001... Though remembered today primarily for its novel technology, the Madison Square Theatre was possibly the most influential American theatre during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Built in New York under the direction of Steele MacKaye...

Wearing the Breeches: Gender on the Antebellum Stage.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Wearing the Breeches: Gender on the Antebellum Stage. By Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. pp. viii + 373. $45.00 cloth. Elizabeth Mullenix, currently on the faculty at Illinois State University, uses the terms...

Shakespeare and Eastern Europe.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Shakespeare and Eastern Europe. By Zdenek Stribrny. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000; pp. xiv + 161. $19.95 paper. Covering Shakespeare's cultural influence during four centuries, in a dozen or so languages, and across an area that...

The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Volume III: Post-World War II to the 1990s.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Volume III: Post-World War II to the 1990s. Edited by Don B. Wilmeth and Christopher Bigsby. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000; pp. xviii +582. $95 cloth. Volume Three of...

British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism 1917-1945.(Review)
June 1, 2001... British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism 1917-1945. By Steve Nicholson. Exeter, England: University of Exeter Press, 2000; pp. xxviii + 195. $80 cloth, $24.95 paper. This is a fascinating, innovative and important...

Original Story by Arthur Laurents: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Original Story by Arthur Laurents: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood. By Arthur Laurents. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000; pp. xi + 436. $30 cloth. Arthur Laurents's career interests musical theater historians more than it does general...

Modern Czech Theatre: Reflector and Conscience of a Nation.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Modern Czech Theatre: Reflector and Conscience of a Nation. By Jarka M. Burian. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2000; pp. xx + 265. $37.95 cloth, $18.95 paper. Beginning with a first exposure to Czech Culture as a 10 year old...

Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era.
June 1, 2001... Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era. By Brenda Dixon Gottschild. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000; pp. viii + 270. $45 cloth. Theatre and performance, as numerous cultural theorists have...

Jacques Copeau: Biography of a Theatre.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Jacques Copeau: Biography of a Theatre. By Maurice Kurtz. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000; pp. xviii + 181. $34.95 cloth. A quality of elusiveness has stubbornly persisted throughout the course of academic...

The Second City: Backstage At the World's Greatest Comedy Theater.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Second City: Backstage At the WorM's Greatest Comedy Theater. By Sheldon Patinkin. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2000. pp. 200, 2 audio CDs. $45.00 cloth. The popularity of such improvisation-based television programs as "Saturday...

The Final Curtain: State Funerals and the Theatre of Power.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Final Curtain: State Funerals and the Theatre of Power. By Harry Garlick. Amsterdam and Atlanta, Georgia: Rodopi B.V., 1999; pp 252. $47 cloth. In the Epilogue to this semiotic exploration of the death rituals of the rich and famous,...

Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire. By Philip C. Kolin. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000. pp. xix + 229. $54.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. Author Philip C. Kolin in his new treatise, Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, asserts that...

The Political Plays of Langston Hughes.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Political Plays of Langston Hughes. Edited by Susan Duffy. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000. pp. 221. $36.95 cloth, $16.95 paper. One of the brightest talents to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston...

The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard: From South Africa to the World.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard: From South Africa to the World. By Albert Wertheim. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000; pp. xv +273. $39.95 cloth. Albert Wertheim can speak of transgressive subalterns and deconstructive readings...

Books Received.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2001... The listing of a book in this section does not preclude subsequent review. Albright, Daniel. Untwisting the Serpent: Modernism in Music, Literature, and Other Arts. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000. pp. xiv + 395. $70 cloth,...