American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000
- ISBN-10
- 0195123476
- ISBN-13
- 9780195123470
- Series
- American Theatre
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 504
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-02-22
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Thomas S. Hischak
Description
Volume Four of the distinguished American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama series offers a thorough, candid and fascinating look at its subject. [Hischak] knows his facts and is such a compelling writer that this update can only thrill lovers of American theatre."--Gerald Bordman, editor of Oxford Companion to American Theatre (OUP,1992)
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- 1995
- 446 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press on Demand
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- 2001-02-08
- 520 pages
- Ebook
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