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Strategies of political theatre : post-War British playwrights /
This volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Car...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Caryl Churchill, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for a radical restructuring of society. The book begins with a discussion of the way that theatre has been used to convey a political message. Each chapter is then devoted to an exploration of the engagement of individual playwrights with left-wing political theatre, including a detailed analysis of one of their major plays. Despite political change since the 1980s, political playwriting continues to be a significant element in contemporary playwriting, but in a very changed form.--Publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511065272 9780511065279 0511058942 9780511058943 0511115911 9780511115912 0511067402 9780511067402 1280159855 9781280159855 9780511486197 0511486197 1107126347 9781107126343 1139145738 9781139145732 0511325967 9780511325960 |