Title: Vietnam protest theatre
First published: 1996
Description: The escalation of the war in Vietnam in the mid-1960s unleashed worldwide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and the problems of creating effective political theatre, and for much of their audience the war was chiefly an event on the evening news. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history.
Subjects: Drama, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, History and criticism, Literature and the conflict, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Literature and the war, Drama, history and criticism, 20th century, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, literature and the war
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PN1650.V53 A48 1996