Science fiction and the theatre

Though science fiction has won widespread acceptance in popular literature and motion pictures, the theatre has produced few science-fiction plays of merit. This study offers two possible reasons: the stigma of pulp literature which the genre has borne since its formative period in the 1930s, and the myth that science fiction cannot be convincingly presented on the stage. The author seeks to encourage better science-fiction playwriting by studying its failures in comparison with the genre's literary advances, and by demonstrating that believable science-fictional events can be presented on stage.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Willingham, Ralph Allen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Graves, Robert B.

• Literature, Modern
• Theater

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Willingham, Ralph Allen

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9124505
(UMI)AAI9124505

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18967