All That Glittered The Golden Age of Drama on Broadway, 1919-1959

Name: All That Glittered The Golden Age of Drama on Broadway, 1919-1959
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ISBN: 9780312338985

ISBN-10: 0312338988

ISBN-13: 9780312338985

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ethan Mordden

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From the late 1920s to late 1950s, the Broadway theatre was America's cultural epicenter. Television didn't exist and movies were novelties. Entertainment took the form of literature, music, and theatre. During this golden age of Broadway, actors and actresses became legends and starred in now classic plays. Laurence Olivier, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine were names to remember, etching plays into memory as they brought the words of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill to life. Joseph Cotton romanced Katherine Hepburn in Philip Barry's "The Philadelphia Story "while Laurette Taylor became "The Glass Menagerie's" Amanda Wingfield. Frederic March, Florence Eldridge, Jason Robards Jr. and…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/3/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 9.50" wide x 6.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Lightnin' has struck!



I'll be all right when I'm acclimatized : old Broadway



The rise of wisecrack comedy



Beauty that springs from knowledge : new Broadway



Sophisticated



The celebrity of eccentricity



Having wonderful time : the popular stage



We are not here to rehearse your play : the political stage



Woman and man : Susan and God and The iceman cometh



Dogs are sticking to the sidewalks : the early 1940s



Olivier versus Brando : the late 1940s



It's about this doctor : A streetcar named desire and The crucible



End of the empire : the early 1950s



My God, that moon's bright : Auntie Mame and The dark at the top of the stairs



The great Sebastians make their last visit : the late 1950s