American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice

Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.

Publication Year: 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 386