Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century
Author | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2002-11-28 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521016759 |
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Author | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2002-11-28 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521016759 |
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Author | : Dan Rebellato |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2002-03-11 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 113465782X |
It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the 'revolutionary' appearance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May 1956. But had the theatre been as ephemeral and effeminate as the Angry Young Men claimed? Was the era of Terence Rattigan and 'Binkie' Beaumont as repressed and closeted as it seems? In this bold and fascinating challenge to the received wisdom of the last forty years of theatrical history, Dan Rebellato uncovers a different story altogether. It is one where Britain's declining Empire and increasing panic over the 'problem' of homosexuality played a crucial role in the construction of an enduring myth of the theatre. By going back to primary sources and rigorously questioning all assumptions, Rebellato has rewritten the history of the Making of Modern British Drama.
Author | : David Lane |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2010-09-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0748686797 |
This book offers an extended analysis of writers and theatre companies in Britain since 1995, and explores them alongside recent cultural, social and political developments. Referencing well-known practitioners from modern theatre, this book is an excelle
Author | : R. Barton Palmer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2013-12-05 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1107001013 |
The first comprehensive study of British and American films adapted from modern British plays.
Author | : John Russell Brown |
Publisher | : Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble Books ; London : Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Korbinian Stöckl |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2021-01-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110714760 |
Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama. Love in Contemporary British Drama reflects the appeal of love as a topic and driving force in dramatic works with in-depth analyses of eight pivotal plays from the past three decades. Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love’s compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present. Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.
Author | : Roger Cornish |
Publisher | : Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Simon Trussler |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 1983-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 134917064X |
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 | : John Smart |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2001-06-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780521795630 |
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.