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Modern British playwriting : voices, documents, new interpretations. The 1950s.
Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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| Colección: | Decades of modern British playwriting.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the 1950s; Britain 1945-60: managing the peace; Britain 1945-60: culture and society; 1 The British Theatre 1945-60; The British stage 1945-60: the theatre industry; The state and the theatre; Repertory theatre in the 1950s; The British stage 1945-60: the writers' revolution; Censors and critics; Before the revolution: 1945-56; Verse drama; Priestley and Coward; Ackland and Whiting; The main engagement 1955-60: Beckett and Brecht; Beckett; Brecht; The main engagement 1955-60: new British theatres; The ESC.
- Theatre WorkshopThe situation is confused: entering the 1960s; 2 Introducing the Playwrights; Introduction; T.S. Eliot (1888-1949): faith, fragmentation and tradition; Terence Rattigan (1911-46): the commercial stage; John Osborne (1929-56): the fatality of hatred; Arnold Wesker (1932-58): 'I could add to what was happening'; 3 Playwrights and Plays; T.S. Eliot: plays of the 1950s; The Cocktail Party; The Confidential Clerk; The Elder Statesman; Conclusion; Terence Rattigan: private lives and public lives; Aunt Edna; The private and the public; The Winslow Boy; The Browning Version.
- The Deep Blue SeaSeparate Tables; The private revolution; John Osborne: the drama of emotions; Osborne in the 1950s; Look Back in Anger; The Entertainer; Luther; In the anguish of his spirit; Arnold Wesker: the trilogy; Introduction; Chicken Soup with Barley; Roots; I'm Talking About Jerusalem; Conclusion; 4 Documents; The golden age; Tynan and Hobson; Beckett and Brecht; The Royal Court and the new drama; Theatre Workshop; Afterword; Terence Rattigan (1956-77): I have tried to keep pace; John Osborne (1961-94): watch it come down; Arnold Wesker (1960- ): what could be my crime?; Notes.
- Select BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Notes on Contributors.