Three socialist plays : Lear, Roots, Serjeant Musgrave's dance
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Three socialist plays : Lear, Roots, Serjeant Musgrave's dance
(Open guides to literature)
Open University Press, 1992
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-94) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780335096060
Description
Robert Shaughnessy considers the major issues in the theory and practice of socialist drama, using as his point of departure the performance-centred close analysis of three plays: Edward Bond's "Lear", Arnold Wesker's "Roots", and John Arden's "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance". Through the comparison and juxtaposition of these plays, this guide introduces key concerns and debates: the politics of theatre criticism, the relation between text and performance, illusionism versus Epic Theatre. The basis for the discussion throughout is the performance potential of the three plays; a mode of active reading geared towards a socialist theatre practice. Overall, this guide aims to enable students to engage not only with the individual texts but with the broader possibilities of socialist theatre.
Table of Contents
- Politics and drama
- text and performance
- form and meaning
- language and character
- genre and metadrama
- theatres and audiences.
- Volume
-
: hard ISBN 9780335096077
Description
Robert Shaughnessy considers the major issues in the theory and practice of socialist drama, using as his point of departure the perfformance-centred close analysis of three renowned plays: Edward Bond's "Lear", Arnold Wesker's "Roots", and John Arden's "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance". Through the comparison and juxtaposition of these plays, this guide introduces key concerns and debates: the politics of theatre critism, the relation between text and performance, illusionism versus Epic Theatre. The basis for the discussion throughout is the performance potential of the three plays; a mode of active reading geared towards a socialist theatre practice. Overall, this guide aims to enable students to engage not only with the individual texts but with the broader possibilities of socialist theatre.
Table of Contents
- Politics and drama
- text and performance
- form and meaning
- language and character
- genre and metadrama
- theatres and audiences.
by "Nielsen BookData"