{"product_id":"9781350542419","title":"Staging American Corporate Culture 5 Early American Business Plays 1887-1917","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMethuen Drama Play Collections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStaging American Corporate Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e5 Early American Business Plays 1887-1917\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Schwartz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive uproarious plays that chronicle the rise of the modern American business model through the impudent lens of late 19th and early 20th century Broadway\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection introduces  the satirical examinations of business, found in American theatre through the 20th and 21st centuries. In many ways, these plays serve as a template for later works of art like the hit series \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Billy Wilder's \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, and Meredith Willson's \u003ci\u003eThe Music Man\u003c\/i\u003e: comedies of business, hustlers, and the hustled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese plays range in theme and era from the volatility and dumb luck of late 19th century Wall Street (Bronson Howard's \u003ci\u003eThe Henrietta\u003c\/i\u003e, 1887); to the farcical feverishness of making and losing money in business quickly (Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley's \u003ci\u003eBrewster's Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, 1906); to the practice of modern business scams (George M. Cohan's \u003ci\u003eGet-Rich-Quick Wallingford\u003c\/i\u003e, 1910); to the growing prominence of advertising (Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett's \u003ci\u003eIt Pays to Advertise\u003c\/i\u003e, 1914); and implementing a seat-of-the-pants business model based on the popular idea of Scientific Management (Harry James Smith's \u003ci\u003eA Tailor-Made Man\u003c\/i\u003e, 1917).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe comedy, satire, and farce of these plays provides not only a portrait of the beginnings of modern American business, but a surprisingly timely examination of business morality (or lack of it). Accompanied by a scholarly introduction for the plays and time periods as a whole, as well as brief introductions to each play, \u003ci\u003eStaging American Corporate Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely entertaining and utterly interesting introduction to these late 19th and early 20th century attitudes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e has published two books : \u003ci\u003eBroadway and Corporate Capitalism: The Rise of the Professional-Managerial Class 1900-1920\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eClass Divisions on the Broadway Stage: The Staging and Taming of the I.W.W.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also contributed chapters to several books, including \u003ci\u003ePerforming the Progressive Era: Immigration, Urban Life, and Nationalism on Stage\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350542419\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e432\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669649096844,"sku":"9781350542419","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_31a8a054-5af5-4747-9230-c92f86815899.jpg?v=1785203272","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350542419","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}