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Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings
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Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / Alexander Feldman.
ISBN
9780415502184 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415502187 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203078471 (ebook)
Publication
New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description
xviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2013
Series
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-239) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics
"We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection
All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war
God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama
"Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre
Conclusion
Epilogue.
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