Modern British Playwriting: The 1950s - Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

Informationen zum Autor David Pattie is Associate Professor in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, UK. He researches and publishes in a number of areas; popular music performance and culture, contemporary British and Scottish theatre, and the work of Samuel Beckett. He is the author of Rock Music in Performance (Bloomsbury, 2007), and the co-editor of the books Kraftwerk: Music Non Stop (Bloomsbury, 2011) and Brian Eno: Oblique Music (Bloomsbury, 2016), and The Velvet Underground (Bloomsbury, 2022). Luc Gilleman was professor of English at Smith College, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah Bay-Cheng is associate professor of theatre and director of graduate studies in the Department of Theatre & Dance, University at Buffalo, USA. Philip Roberts is Emeritus Professor in the School of English of the University of Leeds, UK, where until 2004 he was Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies and Director of the Workshop Theatre. Richard Boon is Emeritus Professor of Drama, the University of Hull, UK. Zusammenfassung A critical study of the theatre produced in the 1950s with an in-depth analysis of the work of four key playwrights from the decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by the General Editors Richard Boon (Emeritus, University of Hull) and Philip Roberts (Emeritus, University of Leeds)Introduction: Living in the 1950sTheatre in the 1950sIntroducing the Playwrights: T. S. Eliot; Terence Rattigan; John Osborne; Arnold WeskerT. S. Eliot (Sarah Bay-Chen, University at Buffalo - State University of New York, USA)Terence Rattigan (David Pattie, University of Chester, UK)John Osborne (Luc Gilleman, Smith College, Northampton, USA)Arnold Wesker (John Bull, University of Reading, UK)DocumentsAfterwordSelect BibliographyReferencesNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Pattie, Pattie David
• Assisted by: Richard Boon (Editor), Philip Roberts (Editor), Richard Boon (Editor of the series), Boon Richard (Editor of the series), Philip Roberts (Editor of the series), Roberts Philip (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9781408181973
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-8197-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Decades of Modern British Play; Decades of Modern British Playwriting; Decades of Modern British Play
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights