The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre

by Bordman, Gerald

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1987 Very Good condition in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Brief gift note. NOT price clipped ($24.95). Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Original blue cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "When Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre appeared in 1984, the distinguished actor Jose Ferrer proclaimed, 'I'm in awe of the scholarship and research that have gone into the making of this book.' … The book quickly established itself as the standard one-volume resource on the American stage. Now Bordman gives us an abridgement of his massive original volume, eliminating many entries on minor plays and figures but preserving those articles that are of the widest general interest... The major achievements of playwrights Eugene O'Neill, Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and many more are represented in hundreds of biographical sketches and summaries of individual plays. Also here are entries on performers ranging from Edwin Booth to John Barrymore, and from Jessica Tandy to James Earl Jones. Extensive coverage is given to that most American of theatrical forms, the musical, and the often neglected achievements of the nineteenth century. In addition, this volume updates information on contemporary topics and includes a number of new articles. Altogether there are more than 2,000 entries... Affordable, compact, and eminently 'companionable,' this work retains those qualities of erudition and entertainment that so distinguished the parent volume and makes them available to a much wider readership." First Printing of the First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 451pp.

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