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Zimmerman, Scott. "Representative Stages: American Theatre and National Identity," Program in American Studies, University of Minnesota, December 1997.
An examination of the American theatre’s development prior to World War II shows how theatre professionals strove to establish production companies and a canon of dramatic literature that represented uniquely American ideals. Beginning in the nineteenth century the professional theatre in New York City became a site in which competing concepts of a national culture were contested both in the content of plays produced and in their manner of presentation. This study explores the impact of commercial centralization, academic experimentation, and financial endowment on the modern American theatre and contends that these forces expose ongoing tensions concerning American’s national identity.
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