Twentieth-century European drama
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Twentieth-century European drama
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Macmillan, 1994
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ISBN 9780333532843
Description
This volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on some of the major figures in European drama in the twentieth century. There are thirteen essays covering Luigi Pirandello, Bertolt Brecht, Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Samuel Beckett, Antonin Artaud, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Anouilh, Fernando Arrabal, Jean Genet, Peter Weiss, Vaclav Havel, comtemporary German theatre, and Dario Fo and Franca Rame. These specially commissioned essays combine contemporary theory with a discussion of the dramatic work of the playwrights who created modern drama in Europe.
Table of Contents
- Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Thirteen Essays in Search of a Reader
- B.Docherty - Female Masks: Luigi Pirandello's Plays for Women
- S.Bassnett - The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: Theory and Practice
- R.Speirs - Witkewicz and the Theatre of Death
- R.Howard - Beckett's Stage of Deconstruction
- L.St John Butler - Antonin Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty
- B.L.Knapp - Ionesco's Plays: A Conspiracy of the Mind
- M.J.Hayes - The Heroic World of Jean Anouilh
- A.Amoia - Arrabal's Theatre of Liberation
- C.Schumacher - Artaud and Genet's The Maids
- G.Day - Weiss/Brooke: Marat/Sade
- G.Holderness - Time, Identity and Being: The World of Vaclav Havel
- P.Majer - The Germans in Britain
- A-M.Taylor - The Theatre of Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Laughing All the Way to the Revolution
- A.Montgomery - Index
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:pbk ISBN 9780333532850
Description
This volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on some of the major figures in European drama in the 20th century. There are 13 essays, covering Luigi Pirandello, Bertolt Brecht, Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Samuel Beckett, Antonin Artaud, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Anouilh, Fernando Arrabal, Jean Genet, Peter Weiss, Vaclav Havel, contemporary German theatre, and Dario Fo and Franca Fame. These essays combine contemporary theory with a discussion of the dramatic work and theories of theatre and drama of the playwrights who created modern drama in Europe. Brian Docherty is the co-editor of "Nineteenth-Century Suspense: From Poe to Conan Doyle", and editor of "American Crime Fiction: Studies in the Genre", "American Horror Fiction: From Brockden Brown to Stephen King", "Twentieth Century American Drama", "American Modernist Poetry", "Twentieth Century British Poetry 1900-50", Twentieth Century British Poetry 1950-90" and "The Beat Generation".
Table of Contents
- Introduction - 13 essays in search of a reader, Brian Docherty
- female masks - Luigi Pirandello's plays for women, Susan Bassnett
- the theatre of Bertolt Brecht - theory and practice, Ronald Speirs
- Wittewicz and the theatre of death, Roger Howard
- Beckett's stage of deconstruction, Lance St John Butler
- Antonin Artaud and the theatre of cruelty, Bettina L. Knapp
- Ionesco's plays - a conspiracy of the mind, Michael J. Hayes
- the heroic world of Jean Anouilh, Alba Amoia
- Arrabbel's theatre of liberation, Claude Schumacher
- Artaud and Genet's "The Maids", Gary Day
- Weiss/Brooke - "Marat/Sade", Graham Holderness
- time, identity and being - the world of Vaclav Havel
- Peter Majer
- the Germans in Britain, Anna-Marie Taylor
- the theatre of Dario Fo and Franca Rame - laughing all the way to the revolution, Angela Montgomery.
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