Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage

by Nora M. Alter

". . . a thoughtful and important treatment of the international tensions of the period as they were embodied in theatre practice. It is the only book of its kind on the subject, and a valuable source of production information." --Theatre Journal

" . . . an excellent discussion of the aesthetics of theater." --Choice

The escalation of the war in Vietnam in the mid-1960s unleashed worldwide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and with the problems of creating effective political theatre in the television age. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253330327
• ISBN13: 9780253330321
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher