TY - BOOK ID - 77870360 TI - American drama in the age of film PY - 2007 SN - 0817380825 9780817380823 9780817315719 0817315713 PB - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, DB - UniCat KW - Theater and society KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - American drama KW - Theater KW - American literature KW - History KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77870360 AB - Is theater really dead? Does the theater, as its champions insist, really provide a more intimate experience than film? If so, how have changes in cinematic techniques and technologies altered the relationship between stage and film? What are the inherent limitations of representing three-dimensional spaces in a two-dimensional one, and vice versa? American Drama in the Age of Film examines the strengths and weaknesses of both the dramatic and cinematic arts to confront the standard arguments in the film-versus-theater debate. Using widely known adaptation ER -