The Drama is Coming Now

This engrossing book presents the first collection in more than three decades of one of America s finest drama critics. Richard Gilman chronicles a major period in American theater history, one that witnessed the birth or spread of Off-Broadway, regional theater, nonprofit companies, and avant-garde performance, as well as growing interest in plays by women and minorities and in world drama. His writing, however, is more than a revealing look at an era. It is criticism for the ages.
Insightful, provocative, and impassioned, the articles represent the full range of Gilman s interests. There are essays, profiles, and book reviews dealing with such topics as the new naturalism in theater, Brecht s collected plays, and the legacy of Stanislavski. There is also a generous sampling of Gilman s comments on plays by O Neill, Miller, Chekhov, Albee, Ibsen, Anouilh, Beckett, Ionesco, Pinter, Fugard, and many others.