The Life of the Neighborhood Playhouse on Grand Street

by John P. Harrington

Book Overview

Improbably located in the heart of the Jewish ghetto on the Lower East side of Manhattan, the Neighborhood Playhouse and its brief yet influential tenure offers a fascinating story in the annals of theater history. From 1915 to 1927, this progressive theater, along with the better-known Provincetown Players and the Theatre Guild, inaugurated the Little Theater Movement in America.

In John P. Harrington's detailed account of the Neighborhood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631553
• ISBN13: 9780815631552
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"