Theatre History Studies 2017, Vol. 36: Volume 36

By Julie Jackson and Sara Freeman

A peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference.

Theatre History Studies is devoted to research in all areas of theatre studies, with special interest in archival research, historical documentation, and historiography. Many issues feature a special section curated around a special theme or topic; for 2017 that special section focus on histories of new writing for the theatre.

Featured in THEATRE HISTORY STUDIES 2017, VOLUME 36"Resisting Arlecchino's Mask: The Case of Marcello Moretti" by Gabrielle Houle"Making Space for Performance: Theatrical-Architectural Nationalism in Postindependence Ghana" by David Afriyie Donkor"Preparing Boys for War: J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan Enlists in World War I's 'Great Adventure'" by Laura Ferdinand Feldmeyer"Not Just Rock 'n' Roll: Chicago Theatre, 1984-1990" by Julie Jackson"New Writing and Theatre History" by Sara Freeman"New Plays in New Tongues: Bilingualism and Immigration at the New Italian Theatre in France" by Matthew McMahan"The Waterloo Summer of the Prince of Wales's Theatre: New Writing, Old Friends, and Early Realism in the Victorian Theatre" by Shannon Epplett"Chekhov's Three Sisters: A Proto-Poststructuralist Experiment" by Sarah Wyman"Historicizing Shakesfear and Translating Shakespeare Anew" by Lezlie C. Cross"A New Noble Kinsmen: The Play On! Project and Making New Plays Out of Old" by Martine Kei Green-Rogers and Alex N. Vermillion"Making New Theatre Together: The First Writers' Group at the Royal Court Theatre and Its Legacy Within the Young Writers' Programme" by Nicholas Holden"New Writing in a Populist Context: A Play, a Pie, and a Pint" by Deana Nichols"American Playwriting and the Now New" by Todd LondonThe Robert A. Schanke Award-Winning Essay: "Black Folk's Theatre to Black Lives Matter: The Black Revolution on Campus" by La Donna L. Forsgren

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817371117
• ISBN13: 9780817371111
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.