New Perspectives in American Drama: Shift towards Social Pressures and Public Issues

Abstract

The dramatic history of the United States is considered brief in many aspects and it is even briefer than the history of the youthful nation itself. However, considering the respect American Drama garnered in this period for the few significant plays produced between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, it can precisely be said to have originated with the emergence of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee and Eugene O’Neill, less than 100 years.