Modern British playwriting. voices, documents, new interpretations / The 1960s :

This title provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in the 1960s. It features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicholson, Steve
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Methuen Drama, 2012.
Colección:Decades of modern British playwriting.
Temas:
Bond, Edward > Criticism and interpretation.
Arden, John > Criticism and interpretation.
Pinter, Harold, > 1930-2008 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ayckbourn, Alan, > 1939- > Criticism and interpretation.
Arden, John.
Ayckbourn, Alan, > 1939-
Bond, Edward.
Pinter, Harold, > 1930-2008.
1900-1999
English drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Théâtre anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
Society & culture: general.
Theatre studies.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Theatre in the 1960s 29
  • 1960-64 31
  • Performance and politics 31
  • Cruelty and violence 34
  • Shakespeare 36
  • Staging reality 38
  • The age of satire 41
  • Theatres of war 43
  • Beyond words 49
  • Aunt Edna versus the RSC 54
  • 1965-69 58
  • Documentary theatre 62
  • Staging Vietnam 64
  • Race 67
  • The American avant-garde 72
  • The golden age 74
  • Waiting for paradise 79
  • Conclusion 82
  • 2 Introducing the Playwrights 85
  • Introduction to John Arden / Bill McDonnell McDonnell, Bill 85
  • Introduction to Edward Bond 91
  • Introduction to Harold Pinter 97
  • Introduction to Alan Ayckboum 102
  • 3 Playwrights and Plays 108
  • John Arden / Bill McDonnell McDonnell, Bill 108
  • Serjeant Musgrave's Dance 110
  • The Workhouse Donkey 119
  • Armstrong's Last Good Night 126
  • Britain's Brecht 134
  • Conclusion 134
  • Edward Bond 136
  • Saved 139
  • Early Morning 147
  • Lear 154
  • Conclusion 160
  • Harold Pinter / Jamie Andrews Andrews, Jamie 161
  • The Caretaker 163
  • Early audience response; or, A bloody pain in the neck' 168
  • The Homecoming 171
  • Pinter beyond Britain; or looking for Beckett 175
  • Censorship 178
  • Landscape and Silence 181
  • Afterword 187
  • Alan Ayckbourn / Frances Babbage Babbage, Frances 190
  • 1960-64: taking (first) steps 192
  • 1965-70: comedies of sex and class 196
  • Relatively Speaking 198
  • How the Other Half Loves and Family Circles 205
  • Afterword 214
  • 4 Documents 216
  • John Arden 216
  • Edward Bond 224
  • Harold Pinter 233.

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