The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre (2nd edition)

This Cambridge Guide to American Theatre revises the first, 1993, edition, and is itself an admitted spin‐off from the monumental Cambridge Guide to Theatre (Banham, 1995). One approaches any book on “America” anticipating the need for geographical qualification and, sure enough, the subject here is the past and present practice of drama in the USA. Taking in plays, people, venues, companies and themes, New York inevitably takes centre stage. However, attention has also been given to other cities such as Boston and Seattle. The editor, Emeritus Professor of Theatre and English at Brown University, has been assisted by...