Modern British Drama
The Twentieth Century
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ISBN-13:
9780521816519
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
11.02.2011
Seiten:
604
Autor:
Christopher Innes
Gewicht:
1121 g
Format:
235x157x40 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Updated edition of Modern British Drama, 1890 1990, now covering all of the twentieth century.
A revised and updated version of Modern British Drama, 1890-1990, this was the first one-volume analysis of English playwriting over the twentieth century. Includes a chronology, illustrations from key performances, lists of playwrights and works, and selective bibliographies. Invaluable guide for students, theatre-goers and theatre historians.
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chronology; 1. Contexts; 2. Defining modernism: George Bernard Shaw; 3. Social themes and realistic formulae [playwrights discussed include: Granville-Barker, Workers' Theatre Movement; Rattigan; Osborne; Wesker; Brechtian influences; Arden; Bond; Edgar; Brenton; Hare; Gems]; 4. The comic mirror - tradition and innovation [playwrights discussed include: Maugham; Coward; Travers; Orton; Beckett; Pinter; Barnes; Griffiths; Ayckbourn; Frayn; Stoppard; Marber]; 5. Poetic drama - verse, fantasy and symbolic images [playwrights discussed include: Barrie; Priestley; Auden; Isherwood; Eliot; Fry; Shaffer; Whiting; Rudkin; Barker; Churchill; Kane; McBurney]; Bibliographies; Index.