Theatre Arts Monthly; Volume xxi, No. 1, January 1937
New York: Theatre Arts, Inc., 1937. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Wraps. [2]m 83, [3] pages plus covers. Profusely illustrated. Front cover torn at bottom spine, Cover has other wear, tears, soiling and chips. Theatre Arts Magazine, sometimes titled Theatre Arts or Theatre Arts Monthly, was a magazine published from November 1916 to January 1964. It was established by author and critic Sheldon Warren Cheney. Cheney established the magazine as a quarterly publication with the support of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, which provided him with a workspace and financial support. The society's support proved short-lived. When the United States entered World War I, censorship of German art became common. Cheney criticized this practice in the magazine's August 1917 issue, leading the society to drop its support. Cheney responded by moving the magazine to New York City. Cheney served as the magazine's editor until 1921. With Cheney's departure, Edith J.R. Isaacs took over as the lead editor. In 1924, the name of the magazine changed to Theatre Arts Monthly, and its frequency of publication increased to match the new title. In 1939 the name was changed again to Theatre Arts. As an editor, Isaacs included arts such as music and dance in her view of "theatre". She supported the Little Theatre Movement and the establishment of the American National Theater and Academy. She publicized emerging artists, including Martha Graham, Robert Edmond Jones, Donald Oenslager, Eugene O'Neill, and Thornton Wilder. In 1948 the magazine was sold it to another publication, Stage, which merged with it, keeping the Theatre Arts name. In this issue there is a wonderful article by John Gielgud on "An Actor Prepares", which is subtitled as "A Comment on Stanislavski's New Book". There is an article on "Drama and the Nobel Prize." Louis Jouvet wrote on "The Profession of the Producer, II". The working methods of Katharine Cornell are explored by Morton Eustis in an article "The Actor Attacks His Part". Documenting the early impact of a new technology, there is an article by Ashley Dukes entitled "The English Scene: From Studio Theatre to Television". One excerpt from this article is "These few months have see the beginnings of dramatic television, in which Eliot's play was made one of the first broadcasts from the Alexandra Palace in North London...It would appear that the new scientific discovery promises happier results to the dramatist than the discovery of motion-photography." There is a photo section entitled A Dancer's Notebook by Betty Joiner that includes Martha Graham and The Ballet Russe among others. There are illustrations/photographs of Katharine Cornell, Burgess Meredith, Robert Morley, Constantin Stanislavski, Uday Shan-Kar and Petrolini. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Broadway, Theater, Ashley Dukes, Television, Actor, John Gielgud, Stanislavski, Katharine Cornell, Morton Eustis, Producer, Louis Jouvet, Martha Graham, Burgess Meredith, Robert Morley, Petrolini, Stanislavski, Ballet Russe, Betty Joiner, Christian B
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