10,000 nights : highlights from 50 years of theatre-going /

10,000 nights : highlights from 50 years of theatre-going /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Carlson, Marvin, 1935- author.
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Description:	viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Carlson, Marvin, -- 1935- Carlson, Marvin, -- 1935- Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century. American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. American drama. Theater. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11365744

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Varying Form of Title:	Ten thousand nights
ISBN:	9780472130504 0472130501 9780472123155
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	"Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions in his long and distinguished career. Ten Thousand Nights is a lively chronicle of a half-century of theatre-going, in which Carlson recalls one memorable production for each year from 1960 to 2010. These are not conventional reviews, but essays using each theater experience to provide an insight into the theater and theatre-going at a particular time. The range of performances covered is broad, from edgy experimental fare to mainstream musicals, most of them based in New York but with stops at major theater events in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Milan, and elsewhere. The engagingly written pieces convey a vivid sense not only of each production but also of the particular venue, neighborhood, and cultural context, covering nearly all significant movements, theater artists, and groups of the late twentieth century"--

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Summary:	Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions in his long and distinguished career. Ten Thousand Nights is a lively chronicle of a half-century of theatre-going, in which Carlson recalls one memorable production for each year from 1960 to 2010. These are not conventional reviews, but essays using each theatre experience to provide an insight into the theatre and theatre-going at a particular time. The range of performances covered is broad, from edgy experimental fare to mainstream musicals, most of them based in New York but with stops at major theatre events in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Milan, and elsewhere. The engagingly written pieces convey a vivid sense not only of each production but also of the particular venue, neighborhood, and cultural context, covering nearly all significant movements, theatre artists, and groups of the late twentieth century.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9780472130504 0472130501 9780472123155