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Reading Modern Drama

Reading Modern Drama
Author: Alan Louis Ackerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781442612815

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Exploring the relationship between dramatic language and its theatrical aspects, Reading Modern Drama provides an accessible entry point for general readers and academics into the world of contemporary theatre scholarship. This collection promotes the use of diverse perspectives and critical methods to explore the common theme of language as well as the continued relevance of modern drama in our lives. Reading Modern Drama offers provocative close readings of both canonical and lesser-known plays, from Hedda Gabler to e.e. cummings' Him. Taken together, these essays enter into an ongoing, fruitful debate about the terms 'modern' and 'drama' and build a much-needed bridge between literary studies and performance studies.


The Making of Modern Drama

The Making of Modern Drama
Author: Richard Gilman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780300079029

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This critical exploration of modern drama begins with Büchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who have shaped modern theater. A new introduction by the author assesses developments of recent years.


Postmodern/drama

Postmodern/drama
Author: Stephen Watt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1998
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780472108725

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Scrutinizing the critical tendency to label texts or writers as "postmodern", scholar Stephen Watt argues that "reading post modernly" merely implies reading culture more broadly. In contemporary drama, Watt considers postmodernity less a question of genre or media than a mode of subjectivity shared by both playwright and audience. 6 illustrations.


Staging Place

Staging Place
Author: Una Chaudhuri
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1997
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780472065899

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The first book-length study of the notion of place and its implications in modern drama


Reading Modern Drama

Reading Modern Drama
Author: Alan Ackerman
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1442661496

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Exploring the relationship between dramatic language and its theatrical aspects, Reading Modern Drama provides an accessible entry point for general readers and academics into the world of contemporary theatre scholarship. This collection promotes the use of diverse perspectives and critical methods to explore the common theme of language as well as the continued relevance of modern drama in our lives. Reading Modern Drama offers provocative close readings of both canonical and lesser-known plays, from Hedda Gabler to e.e. cummings' Him. Taken together, these essays enter into an ongoing, fruitful debate about the terms 'modern' and 'drama' and build a much-needed bridge between literary studies and performance studies.


Imagining the Audience in Early Modern Drama, 1558-1642

Imagining the Audience in Early Modern Drama, 1558-1642
Author: J. Low
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011-04-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0230118399

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This essay collection builds on the latest research on the topic of theatre audiences in early modern England. In broad terms, the project answers the question, 'How do we define the relationships between performance and audience?'.


A History of Modern Drama, Volume I

A History of Modern Drama, Volume I
Author: David Krasner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2011-08-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1444343742

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Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama. Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretations Includes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern drama Considers the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literature Takes an interpretative and analytical approach to modern dramatic texts rather than focusing on production history Includes coverage of the ways in which staging practices, design concepts, and acting styles informed the construction of the dramas


The Book of the Play

The Book of the Play
Author: Marta Straznicky
Publisher: Massachusetts Studies in Early
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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This collection of essays examines early modern drama in the context of book history, and focuses on the readership of plays that opens different perspectives on the relationship between the cultures of print and performance.


Modern Drama

Modern Drama
Author: Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2016
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0199658773

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This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.


Once Confronted

Once Confronted
Author: Lynne Stringer
Publisher: Rhiza Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1925139808

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After a normal day turns disastrous, Madison Craig tries to put her life back together. She’s jumping at shadows and finds even familiar places terrifying. Can she forgive the men who hurt her? Her friend Evan Mansfield sees no need to do anything but hate their assailants. He struggles with bitterness, but Maddy wants to move on. What will she do when one of the men asks for forgiveness?