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Coward, the playwright /
In five dexterously argued chapters, John Lahr investigates all the major plays and many of Noël Coward's lesser-known pieces.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
1999.
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| Colección: | Biography and Autobiography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In five dexterously argued chapters, John Lahr investigates all the major plays and many of Noël Coward's lesser-known pieces. A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Noël Coward's plays Noël Coward," said Terence Rattigan, is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history. A phenomenon he certainly was, and it is part of John Lahr's purpose in this book to show how that phenomenon called "Noël Coward" was largely Coward's own careful creation. Lahr's penetrating critical study of Coward's drama investigates all the major and minor plays of "The Master". Private Lives, Design for Living and Hay Fever make a fascinating group of "Comedies of Bad Manners". Blithe Spirit and Relative Values raise the "Ghost in the Fun Machine". Lahr then goes on to explore the "politics of charm" oozing through The Vortex, Easy Virtue and Present Laughter. In all Coward's plays Lahr uncovers a coherent philosophy in which charm is both the subject of Coward's comedies and the trap which made his very public life a perpetual performance. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 1982. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 178, [1] pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472537966 1472537963 9781408177549 1408177544 9781408163023 1408163020 |