David Mamet's 'Oleanna' - Modern Theatre Guide

Informationen zum Autor David K. Sauer is Professor Emeritus at the Jesuit College of Spring Hill, Alabama, USA, where he directed plays for twenty years and also taught in the English Department. He is president of The David Mamet Society. His most recent books are American Drama and the Postmodern: Fracturing the Realistic Stage and David Mamet's Oleanna and he has published as well in Leslie Kane's anthology, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, as well as in journals: Modern Drama, Shakespeare Yearbook, Shakespeare Quarterly, Shaw, American Drama and others. David K. Sauer is Professor of English at Spring Hill College, USA.  He is President of the David Mamet Society and has published widely on Mamet, including David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook (with Janice Sauer, Praeger, 2003). Klappentext An accessible, informative and critical introduction to Mamet's modern college classic, Oleanna. Zusammenfassung David Mamet is widely considered the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic language together with minimalist staging creates a postmodern combination which simultaneously pushes an audience in conflicting directions. This book presents a critical introduction to Mamet's modern college classic, "Oleanna". Inhaltsverzeichnis General Preface 1. Background and Context2. Analysis and Commentary3. Oleanna in Performance: Less is More4. Workshopping the Text: 'Whatever side you take, you're wrong'5. ConclusionTimeline 1945-60Further Reading BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Sauer, David K. Sauer
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.01.2009
• EAN: 9780826496461
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9646-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Modern Theatre Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PERFORMING ARTS / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights