The Compass

The Compass
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 0226113450
ISBN-13 : 9780226113456
Rating : 4/5 (456 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Compass by : Janet Coleman

Download or read book The Compass written by Janet Coleman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Compass began in a storefront theater near the U. of Chicago campus in the summer of 1955 and lasted only a few years before its players--including Paul Sills, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, Barbara Harris, Severn Darden, and Shelley Berman--moved on. Coleman recreates the time, the place, the personalities, and the neurotic magic whereby the Campus made theater history in America. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.


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The Compass began in a storefront theater near the U. of Chicago campus in the summer of 1955 and lasted only a few years before its players--including Paul Sil