Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings /

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Author / Creator:Feldman, Alexander, 1981-
Imprint:New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.
Description:xviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9021777
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ISBN:9780415502184 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415502187 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203078471 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. "We want our revolution now": Weiss, Grass, and the Theatre of Insurrection
  • 2. All Wilde on the Western Front: Stoppard, Bennett, and the Theatre of War
  • 3. "God rot great men": Brenton, Hochhuth, and the Anti-heroic Drama
  • 4. "Better mimics than our London actors": Wertenbaker and the Colonial Theatre Conclusion