[PDF] A Short Guide To Modern British Drama eBook

Author : Sanford Sternlicht
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780815630760

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This book reveals the influences of modern history and psychology on British drama; the all-important influence of Irish dramatists like Wilde, Shaw, O’Casey, and Beckett; the significance of the Independent Theatre of J. T. Grein and the early Royal Court Theatre; the gay community’s contribution to the British theater; the powerful new feminist drama; and the British festival theater. Auseful tool for readers wishing to know more about Britain’s great dramatic tradition and vital contemporary theater, for students pursuing drama studies, and for libraries in need of an accessible reference work.

Author : Martin Middeke
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1408122782

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This is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five British playwrights from the 1980s to the present written by an international team of twenty-five eminent scholars. It is the perfect companion for students of Theatre Studies and English Literature.

Author : Susan C. W. Abbotson
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313319502

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Presents the numerous themes that weave their way through modern drama and highlights the variety of thought that exists in response to them.

Author : Catherine Rees
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1350309559

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This guide offers a comprehensive account of British theatre from the 1960s to the present day. Placing critical commentary at the heart of its analysis, it explores how theatre critics and scholars have sought to understand and write about modern theatre, from the earliest reviews to revivals appearing decades later. With studies of contemporary reviews and archival material, Contemporary British Drama offers readers the opportunity to learn about British theatre in its original context and to chart shifting critical perceptions over the decades. It provides a crucial juxtaposition between the development of British theatre and its contemporaneous critical response, supplying an invaluable insight into the critical climate of recent decades. From feminist playwrighting to In-Yer-Face theatre, this is the ideal companion for undergraduate students of literature and theatre in need of an introduction to the debates surrounding contemporary British drama.

Author : Benedict Nightingale
Publisher : London : Heinemann ; Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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First pub 1982 by Pan as An introduction to fifty modern British plays.

Author : Martin Middeke
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1408159678

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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars, it will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama. Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, Debbie Tucker Green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean. Each essay features: A biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright A discussion of their most important plays An analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre A bibliography of texts and critical material