Modern British Drama on Screen

The first comprehensive study of British and American films adapted from modern British plays.

Info autore

R. Barton Palmer is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, where he also directs the Film Studies program. He is the author, editor or general editor of more than 40 volumes on various literary and cinematic subjects, and a leading figure in the field of adaptation studies. Among other publications in this area, Palmer is the editor of two previous volumes for Cambridge University Press: Nineteenth-Century American Fiction on Screen (2007) and Twentieth-Century American Fiction on Screen (2007).William Robert Bray is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the founding editor of the Tennessee Williams Annual Review and the founding director of the Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference. He is the author of Tennessee Williams and His Contemporaries (2008) and (with R. Barton Palmer) Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America (2009).

Riassunto

This is the first comprehensive treatment of British and American films adapted from modern British plays. The volume focuses on key playwrights of the period, including George Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, Terence Rattigan, Noel Coward and John Osborne and key plays from Pygmalion to The Madness of George III.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert (Legal Service Bray, Robert Bray, Robert Bray Bray, R Barton Palmer, R. Barton Bray Palmer, R. Barton Palmer, R. Barton (Clemson University Palmer
• Con la collaborazione di: R. Barton Palmer (Editore), Robert Bray (Editore), William Robert Bray (Editore), R. Barton (Clemson University Palmer (Editore), William Robert (Middle Tennessee State University) Bray (Editore), R Barton Palmer (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 05.12.2013
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto
• EAN: 9781107001015
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00101-5
• Numero di pagine: 306
• Categorie: English, 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Films, cinema, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Literary studies: plays and playwrights