Modern English Playwrights
Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elaine Aston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2000-05-25 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1139825720 |
This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century. The chapters explore the historical and theatrical contexts in which women have written for the theatre and examine the work of individual playwrights. A chronological section on playwriting from the 1920s to the 1970s is followed by chapters which raise issues of nationality and identity. Later sections question accepted notions of the canon and include chapters on non-mainstream writing, including black and lesbian performance. Each section is introduced by the editors, who provide a narrative overview of a century of women's drama and a thorough chronology of playwriting, set in political context. The collection includes essays on the individual writers Caryl Churchill, Sarah Daniels, Pam Gems and Timberlake Wertenbaker as well as extensive documentation of contemporary playwriting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, including figures such as Liz Lochhead and Anne Devlin.
Author | : L. Goddard |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2015-02-17 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1137493100 |
This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje.
Author | : Steve Nicholson |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408129620 |
Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . The 1960s was a decade of seismic changes in British theatre as in society at large. This important new study in Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series explores how theatre-makers responded to the changes in society. Together with a thorough survey of the theatrical activity of the decade it offers detailed reassessments of the work of four of the leading playwrights. The 1960s volume provides in-depth studies of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence: Edward Bond (by Steve Nicholson), John Arden (Bill McDonnell), Harold Pinter (Jamie Andrews) and Alan Ayckbourn (Frances Babbage). It examines their work then, its legacy today, and how critical consensus has changed over time.
Author | : John W. Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1927-01-01 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : 9781404771116 |
Author | : Maggie B. Gale |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2014-11-27 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1317596226 |
Fifty Modern and Contemporary and Dramatists is a critical introduction to the work of some of the most important and influential playwrights from the 1950s to the present day. The figures chosen are among the most widely studied by students of drama, theatre and literature and include such celebrated writers as: • Samuel Beckett • Caryl Churchill • Anna Deavere Smith • Jean Genet • Sarah Kane • Heiner Müller • Arthur Miller • Harold Pinter • Sam Shephard Each short essay is written by one of an international team of academic experts and offers a detailed analysis of the playwright’s key works and career. The introduction provides an historical and theatrical context to the volume, which provides an invaluable overview of modern and contemporary drama.
Author | : Elaine Aston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521595339 |
This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.
Author | : Kimball King |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2013-04-03 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1136521194 |
This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.
Author | : Steve Nicholson |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408129620 |
Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . The 1960s was a decade of seismic changes in British theatre as in society at large. This important new study in Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series explores how theatre-makers responded to the changes in society. Together with a thorough survey of the theatrical activity of the decade it offers detailed reassessments of the work of four of the leading playwrights. The 1960s volume provides in-depth studies of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence: Edward Bond (by Steve Nicholson), John Arden (Bill McDonnell), Harold Pinter (Jamie Andrews) and Alan Ayckbourn (Frances Babbage). It examines their work then, its legacy today, and how critical consensus has changed over time.