The American stage and the Great Depression: a cultural history of the grotesque

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: loving the grotesque 1. The grotesque and the Great Depression 2. The political analogy or, 'tragicomedy' in an in-between age 3. Misery burlesqued: the peculiar case of Tobacco Road 4. Chaos and cruelty in the theatrical space: Horse Eats Hat, Hellzapoppin, and the pleasure of farce Appendix: cast and staff information for principal productions Notes Bibliography Index.