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Modern Drama ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-110
Author(s):  
S.E. Gontarski
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Author(s):  
Eileen J. Herrmann

Realism in American drama has proved its resiliency from its inception at the end of the nineteenth century to its transformation into modern theater in the twentieth century. This chapter delineates the evolution of American realistic drama from the influence of European theater and its adaptation by American artists such as James A. Herne and Rachel Crothers. Flexible enough to admit the expressionistic techniques crafted by Susan Glaspell and Eugene O’Neill and leading to the “subjective realism” of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, realism has provided a wide foundation for subsequent playwrights such as David Mamet, August Wilson, and Sam Shepard to experiment with its form and language.


1989 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 488
Author(s):  
Stephen Grecco ◽  
Dennis Vannatta

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