contemporary+u.s


 * Contemporary U.S theatre**
 * The style of theatre in the U.S from the late 1800s to the 1900s.**

Other important plays Our town(Wilder) A streetcar named Desire(Williams) Death of a salesman(Miller) Long day's journey into night(O'Neill)
 * The popular styles of plays made in this time were melodramas about the common**
 * man,usually pitting the poor against the rich villians of the play.**
 * These dramas reflected the values and lifestyles of the American people.The theme of alot of these plays were the American Dream.**
 * Important playrights of this time were Thorton Wilder, Tennessee Williams,Eugene O'Neill and Arthur**
 * Miller.**
 * Many melodramas addressed the social issues of their day,like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ten Nights in**
 * a Bar-Room.**

Theatre collectives like The Group Theatre brought along more realistic acting in this time as well as did Repertory theatre and Ensemble model, for they brought actor training along.Method acting was popularized in these,and it has been used by film actors like James Dean,Robert De Niro and directors like Elia Kazan.

To make this site I used: [|www.eoneill.com] Class notes [|www.wisegeek.org] xroads.virginia.edu/~UGO2/kirk/levy/melodrama.html novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/melodrama.htm