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Pink Emerald Abrar Al-Harthi Basma Sawadi Rana Al-Ghamdi Rogaiah Al-Yaba Samar Sulimani 4/10/2017 1 The Modern American Theatre 4/10/2017 2 At the beginning, as the English settled along the Atlantic coast of America, there were important differences between The American History Southern The New England 4/10/2017 3 The American History Southern The New England A strong sense of unity and “shared purpose” Puritans were fighting against the English Formed a society based on strict Christian beliefs aristocracy Develop a literature their own Rich and powerful 4/10/2017 4 The History of the  Theatre in America It begins early in the Eighteenth Century, about the time the first rumblings were heard of the storm which was to break the ties still holding the Colonies to the mother country. During the 20th century especially after World War I, Western drama became more internationally unified and less the product of separate national literary traditions. 4/10/2017 5 American theatre is very diverse, it contains many different styles of theatre that includes traditional theatre in the form of Shakespeare plays, but it also extends out as far as the modern Broadway musicals. All of these different forms of theatre have common similarities however that were inherited from the past. One of the major developments of modern theatre is the location of a central theatre “Mecca” in New York City. 4/10/2017 6 Broadway Theatre The development of Broadway, especially in the early 1900s made it one of the most prominent areas of theatre culture in the world. Broadway brought out a new culture to theatre because it created “theatre as art” to a new level; it also brought social distinction between classes. 4/10/2017 7 The Famous playwrights and Their Works 4/10/2017 8 Eugene ONeill (1888-1953) Arthur Miller (1915-2005) Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) Edward Albee March 12, 1928 4/10/2017 9 With O’Neill, American drama developed into a form of literature