ASTR - Barnard Hewitt Award

Organization: American Society for Theatre Research

The Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History is awarded each year to the best book in "theatre history or cognate disciplines." Eligible books must have been published in the previous calendar year. They must be written by a scholar or scholars residing in the Americas, or by a scholar or scholars located outside the Americas but writing on an American topic. Plays, edited collections, and anthologies are not eligible for this prize. Authors wishing to be considered for the award should contact their publishers about nominating them.