Masterpieces Of Modern British And Irish Drama
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Author |
: Sanford Sternlicht |
Publisher |
: Greenwood |
Total Pages |
: 136 |
Release |
: 2005-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015063243771 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Masterpieces of Modern British and Irish Drama by : Sanford Sternlicht
Modern British and Irish dramatic works are widely enjoyed by general readers and high school students. But because they are rooted in literary Modernism and generally reflect particular historical and cultural concerns, they can also be difficult for students to understand. This volume concisely and conveniently introduces 10 masterpieces of British and Irish drama in an accessible manner. The book begins with an introductory essay on the historical context of early Modernism, the nature of theater at the beginning of the 20th century, and the trends that have shaped modern Irish and British drama. Each of the chapters that follow is devoted to a particular play. These include: BL The Playboy of the Western World BL Saint Joan BL Juno and the Paycock BL Private Lives BL Waiting for Godot BL Look Back in Anger BL The Birthday Party BL Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead BL Translations BL And Top Girls. Each chapter provides a brief biography, a plot summary, a discussion of major themes and characters, an overview of the play's historical background, an analysis of the play's dramatic style, a survey of the play's critical reception, and suggestions for further reading.
Author |
: Sanford Sternlicht |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 122 |
Release |
: 2005-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780313038990 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0313038996 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Masterpieces of Modern British and Irish Drama by : Sanford Sternlicht
Modern British and Irish dramatic works are among the plays most widely read by students. This volume conveniently introduces 10 major plays by British and Irish dramatists. Each chapter is devoted to a particular play and includes a brief biography, a plot synopsis, a discussion of major themes and characters, an overview of the play's historical background, an analysis of the work's dramatic style, an overview of the play's critical reception, and a list of works for further reading. Modern British and Irish dramatic works are widely enjoyed by general readers and high school students. But because they are rooted in literary Modernism and generally reflect particular historical and cultural concerns, they can also be difficult for students to understand. This volume concisely and conveniently introduces 10 masterpieces of British and Irish drama in an accessible manner.
Author |
: Sanford Sternlicht |
Publisher |
: Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1998-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0815605250 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780815605256 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Reader's Guide to Modern Irish Drama by : Sanford Sternlicht
This book includes information on the most recent and youngest playwrights working today at the Abbey, Druid, and Lyric Theatres. Sanford Sternlicht discusses the important plays of all the playwrights included and the major themes of modern Irish drama. A Readers Guide to Modern Irish Drama provides an introduction to one of the great dramatic and theatrical traditions of Western culture. Professor Sanford Stemlicht wrote this book specifically for Syracuse University Press's Reader's Guides series. As one of only a handful of comprehensive contemporary studies of Irish drama, the book includes the most recent and youngest playwrights working today at the Abbey, Druid, and Lyric Theatres. Beginning with essays on twentieth-century Irish history, The Irish Literary Theatre, and the development of the Modem ,Irish Theatre in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and other cities, the guide presents biographies and bibliographies of more than twenty-five major twentieth-century Irish dramatists from Lady Gregory, Yeats, and Synge to O'Casey, Beckett, and Behan; from Friel and McGuinness to Marina Carr and Martin McDonagh. Most significantly, Sternlicht discusses the important plays of all the playwrights included, and the major themes of modem Irish drama-the struggle for independence, the cruelty of poverty, the pains of emigration and exile, the decline of the Anglo-Irish ascendency, the power of religion, the longing for land, and the familial and gender conflicts of a people in transition. Finally, a selected bibliography completes the study.
Author |
: Mary Luckhurst |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 608 |
Release |
: 2008-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780470751473 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0470751479 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama, 1880 - 2005 by : Mary Luckhurst
This wide-ranging Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama offers challenging analyses of a range of plays in their political contexts. It explores the cultural, social, economic and institutional agendas that readers need to engage with in order to appreciate modern theatre in all its complexity. An authoritative guide to modern British and Irish drama. Engages with theoretical discourses challenging a canon that has privileged London as well as white English males and realism. Topics covered include: national, regional and fringe theatres; post-colonial stages and multiculturalism; feminist and queer theatres; sex and consumerism; technology and globalisation; representations of war, terrorism, and trauma.
Author |
: Roger Burke Dooley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 102 |
Release |
: 1966 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:837922715 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern British and Irish Drama by : Roger Burke Dooley
Author |
: Thomas L. Cahalan |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 101 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:4537399 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern British & Irish Drama by : Thomas L. Cahalan
Author |
: Nadine Holdsworth |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 2013-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118739075 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118739078 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama by : Nadine Holdsworth
Focusing on major and emerging playwrights, institutions, and various theatre practices this Concise Companion examines the key issues in British and Irish theatre since 1979. Written by leading international scholars in the field, this collection offers new ways of thinking about the social, political, and cultural contexts within which specific aspects of British and Irish theatre have emerged and explores the relationship between these contexts and the works produced. It investigates why particular issues and practices have emerged as significant in the theatre of this period.
Author |
: Roger B. Dooley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 102 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:779024966 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern British and Irish Drama by : Roger B. Dooley
Author |
: Roger B. Dooley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000030837324 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Review Notes and Study Guide to Modern British & Irish Drama by : Roger B. Dooley
Author |
: Sanford Sternlicht |
Publisher |
: Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2010-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780815651307 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0815651309 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern Irish Drama by : Sanford Sternlicht
Modern Irish Drama: W. B. Yeats to Marina Carr presents a thorough introduction to the recent history of one of the greatest dramatic and theatrical traditions in Western culture. Originally published in 1988, this updated edition provides extensive new material, charting the path of modern and contemporary Irish drama from its roots in the Celtic Revival to its flowering in world theater. The lives and careers of more than fifty modern Irish playwrights are discussed along with summaries of their major plays and recommendations for further reading.