{"product_id":"9780195072464","title":"The Oxford Companion to American Theatre","description":"\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to American Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e has established itself as the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. It has been hailed for its \"wealth of authoritative information\" (\u003cem\u003eBack Stage\u003c\/em\u003e), for its \"fascinating picture of the volative American stage\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e), for its \"well-chosen, illuminating facts\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e). The distinguished actor Jose Ferrer wrote \"I'm in awe of the scholarship and research that have gone into the making of this book.\" And \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"the almost perfect gift book for both the student and the theatre lover.\" \u003cbr\u003e Now Bordman has thoroughly revised this redoubtable volume, once again providing a completely up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present. Here are over 3,000 entries on playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more. Readers will find summaries of plays as varied as \u003cem\u003eThe Contrast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrancesca da Rimini\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArsenic and Old Lace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/em\u003e; biographical sketches of Edwin Forrest and Bartley Campbell, Lillian Hellman and David Rabe, John Barrymore and Jessica Tandy, George Gershwin and Cole Porter; and entries on groups such as The Actors Studio, Christy's Minstrels, and the Provincetown Players. For the new edition, Bordman has added entries on such recent plays as \u003cem\u003eFences\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Heidi Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as biographies of Len Cariou, Dustin Hoffman, Raul Julia, Tommy Tune, and August Wilson, to name a few. And as in the previous edition, Bordman gives readers as broad a picture of American popular theatre as possible, offering extensive coverage not only of classic works (such as \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/em\u003e) but also many commercially successful plays (such as \u003cem\u003eBrother Rat\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eGetting Gertie's Garter\u003c\/em\u003e), plus entries on foreign figures and productions that have influenced our dramatic development (from Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter). \u003cbr\u003e Accessibly and attractively arranged in the two-column, A-Z format for which the Companion series is famous, this is a volume of enormous erudition, an essential reference for everyone who has a passion for the stage.","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014711689456,"sku":"9780195072464","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195072464_p0.jpg?v=1763662829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195072464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}