"A Theater Divided - The Postwar American Stage"
by Martin Gottfried
Winner of the 1968 George Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism!
Published by Little, Brown & Company, 1969
Martin Gottfried has been the man on the aisle for the in- fluential Women's Wear Daily since 1963, when he was the youngest man ever elected to the New York Drama Critic's Circle. Time Magazine says of him that he "brings to his reviews a vital knowledge of the theater's past and an alertness to the world around him. In any ranking, Martin Gottfried belongs with the best."
"Martin Gottfried is a good man to have on your side. His opinions are forceful, clearly stated and strongly held. He is a writer of muscular prose and is an observer with an eagle's eye view of the contemporary theater.. ere isn't a dull page in the book. A man who entertains you as he goads you is a superlative companion." - New York Times
On the basis of A THEATER DIVIDED: THE POST- WAR AMERICAN STAGE, Martin Gottfried won the 1968 George Jean Nathan Award for dramatic criticism. The book was cited by the judges as a "carefully sustained and unified point of view about the contemporary theater."
O TEATRO AMERICANO DO PÓS SEGUNDA GRANDE GUERRA