Modern French Drama 1940-1990

Klappentext An updated account and comparison of the major traditions and tendencies in the French theatre from 1940 1990. Zusammenfassung This is an updated account and comparison of all the major traditions and tendencies such as writing! criticism and acting in the French theatre from the outbreak of the Second World War to the opening of the 1990s. Students of drama and French literature will find this useful. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the inter-war years; 2. The Occupation; 3. The Parisian theatre I: philosophical melodrama; 4. The Parisian theatre II: the new theatre; 5. The decentralised theatre I: the fifties; 6. The decentralised theatre II: Planchon and Adamov; 7. The decentralised theatre III: the sixties; 8. Total theatre; 9. La creation collective; 10. Playwrights of the seventies; 11. The eighties; Bibliography; Historical table of productions; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Bradby, Bradby David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.05.1991
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9780521408431
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40843-1
• Pages: 348
• Subjects: 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