A Reader's Guide to Modern British DramaSyracuse University Press, 01.12.2004 - 272 Seiten This book reveals the influences of modern history and psychology on British drama; the all-important influence of Irish dramatists like Wilde, Shaw, O’Casey, and Beckett; the significance of the Independent Theatre of J. T. Grein and the early Royal Court Theatre; the gay community’s contribution to the British theater; the powerful new feminist drama; and the British festival theater. Auseful tool for readers wishing to know more about Britain’s great dramatic tradition and vital contemporary theater, for students pursuing drama studies, and for libraries in need of an accessible reference work. |
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Modernism and the Drama | 11 |
Feminist Drama and Gay Drama | 15 |
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