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Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings /
This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;
27. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics
- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection
- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war
- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama
- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre
- Conclusion
- Epilogue.