¡Descarga AMERICAN DRAMA1)1900-1920 George Pierce Bak y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! AMERICAN DRAMA 1)1900-1920 George Pierce Baker ''47 WORKSHOP'' 2)1920-30 Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Elmer Rice Sidney Coe Howard 3) 1930-1950: eUGENE ONEIL, ARTHUR MILLER, TENESSE WILLIAMS 4)1960- off-Broadway david mamet Sam shepard Minority teather Playwrights Play drama tragedy 4 main periods 1)1900-1920 George Pierce Baker ''47 WORKSHOP'' Transicional period, It was during 20 years, Baker was preocupated with 2 aspects. -How to assimilate european influences -trying to develop indigenous american drama It was produced in America by amateur groups (university groups) European writers who most influenced were Strindberg Hoptman Ibsen They were radical and familiar for the american audience In this period there were some new american grups in new york, a man who is responsible is Baker, who organized workshops and he was college professor in Harvard university and he influence, The most significant new american writers: Jon 2 pasos Oneil and his course was no only university, also social, demonstrates the american drama was possible. Other universitties were added to this development. 2)1920-30 Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Elmer Rice Sidney Coe Howard it was the time of the american dramatic renaissance. It is important as it represents throught experimentation the emergence of the american drama The first work wasagainst old forms, was iconoclastic, a period in which oneil was the lider of this american drama. The main concern is they contributed to: combinatio of naturalism along with expresionism. Nat: how social forces appear as oppresing the individual. Onei was also responsable for the little theatre: Amateur groups came to develop the experimental theatre following Freie Bühne (moscou art theatre) Specially those from germany. Russia-Stravinsky Who radicalise theatre, a amateur man and also devoted to theatre. His main intention as actor should represent roles as in real life. So actors lived among begars to experience it. Stravisnky method. This identification was one of his main achievemnts. He was concerned with life in the big cities. He began to organize actors in smal teathre. This was extremely succesful in rusia, then moved to USA.. and he continued his actor's studies.There was an emergence of small groups and there was a selected audience which was significant for the nature of the american drama also social entertainment, which was extremely popular and these writers had radical expressionism. GROUPS Province town players(philadelphia) Toy theatre Boston Little T(chicago) Theatre Guild(n.y) Mainly professional actors but if toy look at the cities this phenomena also extended to all nations not only in Myork. All these attracted actors and dramatist. They tried to produce American drama and also many european drama in translations. Oneil appears as clearrly producing American drama and it became commercial drama which was important for the acceptance of the american drama and was a good point for the audience. 1940:Oclahoma there was a variation in drama all over the world. It was procedent from the new musical drama. This variety attracted many kinds of audiences and american drama was different from the others It was a period of refinement and assimilation 3) 1930-1950: eUGENE ONEIL, ARTHUR MILLER, TENESSE WILLIAMS- In which the tecniques of the 20 and 30 became popularized and perfected by the new generations. In the post war period we have a refinement of the american drama and the emergence of popularization of those dramatic forms and the best representatives are:
