{"product_id":"american-melodrama-9780933826212","title":"American Melodrama","description":"These plays show a fascinating side of the American melodramatic imagination as it was nurtured in the social world of the nineteenth century, and later grew to be a dominant genre in the theatre, film, and television of today. Includes: \u003ci\u003eThe Poor of New York\u003c\/i\u003e by Dion Boucicault, Uncle Tom's Cabin by George Aiken\/Harriet Beecher Stowe, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Gaslight\u003c\/i\u003e by Augustin Daly, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl of the Golden West\u003c\/i\u003e by David Belasco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre\/Theory\/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PAJ Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330426147090,"sku":"9780933826212","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01e0c0a3-5b2e-4f56-996b-6d69d709337a.jpg?v=1727801240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-melodrama-9780933826212","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}