Dramas Of The Past On The Twentieth Century Stage

Author : Alexander Feldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136155000

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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, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and aesthetics of postmodernism, and currents in contemporary historiography, this book provides a new critical idiom for discussing the major works of the genre and others that utilize its techniques. Feldman studies landmarks in the theatre history of postwar Britain by Weiss, Stoppard, Brenton, Wertenbaker and others, focusing on European revolutionary politics, the historiography of the World Wars and the effects of British colonialism. The playwrights under consideration all use the device of the play-within-the-play to explore constructions of nationhood and of Britishness, in particular. Those plays performed within the framing works are produced in places of exile where, Feldman argues, the marginalized negotiate the terms of national identity through performance.

Author : Alexander Feldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780415502184

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"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, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and aesthetics of postmodernism, and currents in contemporary historiography, this book provides a new critical idiom for discussing the major works of the genre and others that utilize its techniques. Feldman studies landmarks in the theatre history of postwar Britain by Weiss, Stoppard, Brenton, Wertenbaker and others, focusing on European revolutionary politics, the historiography of the World Wars and the effects of British colonialism. The playwrights under consideration all use the device of the play-within-the-play to explore constructions of nationhood and of Britishness, in particular. Those plays performed within the framing works are produced in places of exile where, Feldman argues, the marginalized negotiate the terms of national identity through performance."--Publisher's website.

Author : Rebecca Clode
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000600667

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Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage by Rebecca Clode Pdf

This book offers the first major discussion of metatheatre in Australian drama of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It highlights metatheatre’s capacity to illuminate the wider social, cultural, and artistic contexts in which plays have been produced. Drawing from existing scholarly arguments about the value of considering metatheatre holistically, this book deploys a range of critical approaches, combining textual and production analysis, archival research, interviews, and reflections gained from observing rehearsals. Focusing on four plays and their Australian productions, the book uses these examples to showcase how metatheatre has been utilised to generate powerful elements of critique, particularly of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations. It highlights metatheatre’s vital place in Australian dramatic and theatrical history and connects this Australian tradition to wider concepts in the development of contemporary theatre. This illuminating text will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian theatre (historic and contemporary) as well as those researching and studying drama and theatre studies more broadly.

Author : Richard Drain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134864744

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Twentieth Century Theatre: A Sourcebook by Richard Drain Pdf

Twentieth Century Theatre: A Sourcebook is an inspired handbook of ideas and arguments on theatre. Richard Drain gathers together a uniquely wide-ranging selection of original writings on theatre by its most creative practitioners - directors, playwrights, performers and designers, from Jarry to Grotowski and Craig. These key texts span the twentieth century, from the onset of modernism to the present, providing direct access to the thinking behind much of the most stimulating theatre the century has had to offer, as well as guidelines to its present most adventurous developments. Setting theory beside practice, these writings bring alive a number of vital and continuing concerns, each of which is given full scope in five sections which explore the Modernist, Political, Inner and Global dimensions of twentieth century theatre. Twentieth Century Theatre: A Sourcebook provides illuminationg perspectives on past history, and throws fresh light on the sources and development of theatre today. This sourcebook is not only an essential and versatile collection for students at all levels, but also directed numerous devised shows which have toured to theatres, schools, community centres and prisons.

Author : Gerald M. Berkowitz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0582016010

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American Drama of the Twentieth Century by Gerald M. Berkowitz Pdf

In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material. It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama.

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985-05-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521278961

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A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 3, Beyond Broadway by C. W. E. Bigsby Pdf

The final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby,Christopher William Edgar Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1984-11-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521277175

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A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 2, Williams, Miller, Albee by C. W. E. Bigsby,Christopher William Edgar Bigsby Pdf

Dr Bigsby analyses the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee.

Author : Michael Vena
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781483633527

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Italian Playwrights from the Twentieth Century by Michael Vena Pdf

Italian theater brings early on stage some of the most signifi cant productions of the 20th century, with major playwrights holding a pivotal role in the renewal of the European stage: Gabriele DAnnunzio, Eduardo De Filippo, Dario Fo, Luigi Chiarelli, Luigi Antonelli, Rosso di San Secondo, Enrico Cavacchioli, Massimo Bontempelli, Dacia Maraini, Ugo Betti, Diego Fabbri, thanks to such innovative movements from the early century called grotteschi and futuristi. If the early Pirandellian plays are added, we will have a comprehensive view of twentieth century theater, and the weight it will carry upon the coming generations.

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982-07-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521271169

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A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 1, 1900-1940 by C. W. E. Bigsby Pdf

Eugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.

Author : Christopher Innes,Katherine Carlstrom,Scott Fraser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429782121

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Twentieth-Century British and American Theatre by Christopher Innes,Katherine Carlstrom,Scott Fraser Pdf

First published in 1999, this volume aims to develop the field of theatre studies by promoting the study of performative elements and thus fostering their consideration in the critical interpretation of dramatic literature. The authors additionally suggest ways of approaching and evaluating the work of individual performers, as well as of directors, designers and producers. It is an archival guide which covers manuscript and ephemera, rather than published texts, and attempts to indicate the potential value of the documentary material listed. This unique reference guide provides descriptions and evaluations of archive manuscript materials and ephemera relating to twentieth-century British and American theatre. Over 100 archives across Europe, North America and Britain were examined in the compilation of this volume. The documents include: unpublished playscripts; state and costume designs; directors' books; prompt books; lighting plots; stage photos; correspondence; theatre programmes. One hundred and seventy five entries are arranged alphabetically and cover playwrights, directors, designers and actors. By its nature, theatre is a collaborative enterprise, a facet which is recognised in the comprehensive cross-referencing of entries. The last twenty years has seen a shift in drama studies from text-based criticism to analysis of performance. The materials covered in this book have therefore become essential to future research in the field.

Author : William Lyon Phelps
Publisher : Port Washington, N.Y : Kennikat Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Theater
ISBN : UCAL:B4379478

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The Twentieth Century Theatre by William Lyon Phelps Pdf

Author : William Lyon Phelps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1330632281

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The Twentieth Century Theatre by William Lyon Phelps Pdf

Excerpt from The Twentieth Century Theatre: Observations on the Contemporary English and American Stage This little book contains a discussion, with sufficient corroborative figures and specific illustrations, of some of the conditions and tendencies of the English and American stage of 1900-1918. The Modern Drama is so much greater than the Modern Theatre that we are confronted with a huge problem. We are living in the best period of play-writing since the age of Shakespeare; but how shall Americans outside of New York have an opportunity to see these new and original dramas? How can the modern theatre become a part of our national life? I have answered these two questions, but I wish I knew exactly how to bring the remedy to the patient, or to make the patient want it seriously enough to insist on having it. Some pages of the first, second, and fifth chapters, here revised, originally appeared respectively in the Yale Review, October 1911, Old Penn, April 1916, and The Art World, December 1916. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Lyon Phelps
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1355032598

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The Twentieth Century Theatre, Observations on the Contemporary English and American Stage by William Lyon Phelps Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Burgwinkle,Nicholas Hammond,Emma Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 823 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521897860

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The Cambridge History of French Literature by William Burgwinkle,Nicholas Hammond,Emma Wilson Pdf

The most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.

Author : Hellmut H. Rennert
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0820444030

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Essays on Twentieth-century German Drama and Theater by Hellmut H. Rennert Pdf

This collection of articles by both German literature specialists and German theater experts grew out of the Comparative Drama Conference held annually between February and March from 1977 to 1999 in Gainesville, Florida. At the center of the contributors' work is the productive tension between the literary and the performance aspects of German drama and theater. At the same time, the reception is truly American, since the German playwrights, directors, theorists, and dramatists discussed have gone through creative filters in the researching, performing, and teaching of German drama and theater on various campuses across the United States during the last third of the twentieth century.