Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1996. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a clean signed first edition! Inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep: "For Kim - With deepest respect and admiration Nora 2/1/97". Gray cloth with red lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 225 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "The escalation of the war in Vietnam in mid-1960s unleashed world wide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and the problems of creating effective political theatre, and for much of their audience the war was chiefly an event on the evening news. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history. In Part One, Alter discusses American examples of the genre, such as MacBird and Viet Rock, as well as representative works from England, Austria, Germany, and France, where plays about the Vietnam War often incorporated critiques of these nations' current politics or their imperialist pasts. In Part Two, the author investigates several theoretical issues raised by Vietnam protest theatre ---- the 'other,' power and submission, 'subjective imperialism,' and the mediation effects of both television and theatrical performance.". First Edition / First Printing. Gray Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.