Chicago's Goodman Theatre: Plays and cultural work in an institutional theater

During the cultural war of the 1990s, a major institutional theater presented socially-serious art which represented multiple positions on important topics while striving for artistic excellence. Chicago's Goodman Theatre sought social relevance, though its productions, in representing and conciliating people in its diverse audience, adopted a parodic strategy instead of taking clear points of view.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Appler, Gilbert Keith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hurt, James R.

• American Studies
• Theater
• Literature, American

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Appler, Gilbert Keith

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512288
(UMI)AAI9512288

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22229