The English crime play in the Twentieth Century /

The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, its history and its conventions. It presents an analysis of some 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated and sketches the em...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hesse, Beatrix (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Colección:Crime files series.
Temas:
1900-1999
English drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery plays, English.
Théâtre anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Plays, playscripts.
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Detective and mystery plays, English
English drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Body in the Library and the Body on Stage
  • 2. From Victorian Melodrama to the End of the Twenties
  • 3. From the 1930s to the End of WW II
  • 4. From the End of WW II to 1955
  • 5. From 1956 to the End of the Sixties
  • 6. From Sleuth to In-Yer-Face Theatre
  • 7. Settings and Stage Sets
  • 8. Timing and Plot 'Construction'
  • 9. Dramatic Characters
  • 10. Violence, Crime and Punishment
  • 11. Genre, Generic Development and Subgenres
  • 12. Stage Adaptations of Agatha Christie's Detective Stories
  • 13. Other Types of Detective Fiction Adapted for the Stage
  • 14. Coda: The 20th-Century English Crime Play : A View from 2015
  • Bibliography: The Plays
  • Bibliography: Works Cited.

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