| American Theater in the Sixties and Seventies: the non-Broadway Stage and its Playwrights opens with an account of the growth of nonprofit professional theatrical activity in the United States. The main part of the analysis contains a discussion of five plays each by five modern American playwrights: Edward Albee, David Mamet, David Rabe, Sam Shepard, and Lanford Wilson. These dramatists developed largely away from Broadway, and their plays provide a valuable tool for the student of American culture. The concluding section identifies themes and trends in the modern theater which have reflected conditions existing throughout American society. |
