Twentieth Century British Drama

Author : John Smart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521795630
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century British Drama written by John Smart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Looking back on 20th century British drama from its' historical, social and political perspective enables the reader to set each play in a broader context. Contents include a selection of play extracts from well-known authors including Harold Brighouse, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard and Timberlake Wertenbaker.

Author : Christopher Innes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521016759
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century written by Christopher Innes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-28 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Alexander Feldman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136155007
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dramas of the Past on the Twentieth-Century Stage written by Alexander Feldman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and aesthetics of postmodernism, and currents in contemporary historiography, this book provides a new critical idiom for discussing the major works of the genre and others that utilize its techniques. Feldman studies landmarks in the theatre history of postwar Britain by Weiss, Stoppard, Brenton, Wertenbaker and others, focusing on European revolutionary politics, the historiography of the World Wars and the effects of British colonialism. The playwrights under consideration all use the device of the play-within-the-play to explore constructions of nationhood and of Britishness, in particular. Those plays performed within the framing works are produced in places of exile where, Feldman argues, the marginalized negotiate the terms of national identity through performance.

Author : Simon Trussler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134917064X
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century Drama written by Simon Trussler and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-04-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of information on all the main events, individuals, political groupings and issues of the 20th century. It provides a guide to current thinking on important historical topics and personalities within the period, and offers a guide to further reading.

Author : Susan C. W. Abbotson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313027234
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama written by Susan C. W. Abbotson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American playwrights have made enormous contributions to world drama during the last century, and their works are widely read and performed. This reference conveniently introduces 10 of the most important modern American plays read by students. An introductory essay concisely overviews modern American drama, and each of the chapters that follow examines a particular play. Among the plays discussed are Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Each chapter includes a biography, a plot summary, an analysis of the play's themes, characters, and dramatic art, and a review of its historical background and reception. Chapters list works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Author : D. Rabey
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British and Irish Political Drama in the Twentieth Century written by D. Rabey and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1986 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rebecca Steinberger
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754637806
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and Twentieth-century Irish Drama written by Rebecca Steinberger and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the influence of Shakespeare on drama in Ireland, Rebecca Steinberger examines works by two representative playwrights: Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) and Brian Friel (1929-). Shakespeare's plays, grounded in history, nationalism, and imperialism, embody an empathy for the Irish other. Irish dramatists' appropriations of Shakespeare, Steinberger argues, were both a reaction to the language of domination and a means to support their revision of the Irish as Subject.

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521278966
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 3, Beyond Broadway written by C. W. E. Bigsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-05-02 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.

Author : Alan Sinfield
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300081022
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out on Stage written by Alan Sinfield and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing, authoritative book tracks stage representations of lesbians and gay men from Oscar Wilde to the present day and examines scores of British and American plays and playwrights, including works by Wilde, Maugham, Coward, Hellman, O'Neill, Le Roi Jones, and Joe Orton.

Author : C. Warden
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137020695
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Avant-Garde Theatre written by C. Warden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores an under-researched body of work from the early decades of the twentieth century, connecting plays, performances and practitioners together in dynamic dialogues. Moving across national, generational and social borders, the book reads experiments in Britain during this period alongside theatrical innovations overseas.