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Examines the strengths and weaknesses of the dramatic and cinematic arts to confront the standard arguments in the film-versus-theater debate. Using widely known adaptations of ten major plays, Brietzke seeks to highlight the inherent powers of each medium and draw conclusions not just about how they differ, but how they ought to differ as well.

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"In this elegant and long-overdue book, drama and film emerge not as competitors per se but as collaborators who variously borrow and profit from their intertwined histories. At the same time, Zander Brietzke delivers a passionate defense of the theater, a reminder that even and especially in an age of media, theater remains the most live and lively art." - Martin Puchner, author of Stage Fright: Modernism. Anti-Theatricality, and Drama"

American Drama in the Age of Film

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817315719, 978-0817315719
      ISBN10: 0817315713
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      Book Synopsis
      Examines the strengths and weaknesses of the dramatic and cinematic arts to confront the standard arguments in the film-versus-theater debate. Using widely known adaptations of ten major plays, Brietzke seeks to highlight the inherent powers of each medium and draw conclusions not just about how they differ, but how they ought to differ as well.

      Trade Review
      "In this elegant and long-overdue book, drama and film emerge not as competitors per se but as collaborators who variously borrow and profit from their intertwined histories. At the same time, Zander Brietzke delivers a passionate defense of the theater, a reminder that even and especially in an age of media, theater remains the most live and lively art." - Martin Puchner, author of Stage Fright: Modernism. Anti-Theatricality, and Drama"

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