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The theatre of D.H. Lawrence : dramatic modernist and theatrical innovator /

"This is the first major book-length study for four decades to examine the plays written by D.H. Lawrence, and the first ever book to give an in-depth analysis of Lawrence's interaction with the theatre industry during the early twentieth century. It connects and examines his performance t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moran, James, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015.
Colección:Critical companions (London, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LAWRENCE'S PLAYS: SHIFTS IN REPUTATION FROM 1930 TO 2014; The dead playwright; Mid-century reassessments; Influence on playwrights; Current status; CHAPTER 1 WRITING LAWRENCE'S PLAYS: BECOMING A DRAMATIST, 1885 TO 1910; Eastwood; Shakespeare; Arthur and Ernest; Sarah Bernhardt; Croydon and Synge; Davidson Road School; W.B. Yeats; CHAPTER 2 THE FRUSTRATION OF STAGING: DRAMATIC STRUGGLES, 1911 TO 1930; Granville Barker
  • Edward GarnettRegional repertory theatre; Frieda; The Stage Society; Esmé Percy; Ireland; Farjeon and Goldring; Galsworthy; Another failure; Nottingham; CHAPTER 3 THE DRAMA OF LAWRENCE'S FICTION: PLAYWRIGHT AS NOVELIST; From stage to page; Christmas; G.B. Shaw; Popular theatricals; Esther Andrews; Portable theatre and cinema; Towards a theatre of cruelty; Lawrence's final story; CHAPTER 4 LAWRENCE'S THEATRICAL DEVELOPMENT: REALIST AND EXPERIMENTALIST CROSSCURRENTS; Lawrence the realist?; Ibsen and Strindberg; Hauptmann; Maeterlinck; Italy and Germany; Puebloan ritual; Bertolt Brecht
  • The final playJoycean parallels; CHAPTER 5 A DIRECTOR'S PERSPECTIVE: PETER GILL, IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMES MORAN; CHAPTER 6 A PLAYWRIGHT'S PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 7 A SCREENWRITER'S PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 8 AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; CONCLUSION; LAWRENCE'S THEATRE: A TIMELINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX