Vietnam Protest Theatre

<p>. . . 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<br /><br /> . . . an excellent discussion of the aesthetics of theater. --Choice<br /><br />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.</p>