Author: John Louis StyanPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Book Description
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: John Louis StyanThe Oxford Handbook of American Drama
Author: Jeffrey H. RichardsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199731497
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This volume explores the history of American drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It describes origins of early republican drama and its evolution during the pre-war and post-war periods. It traces the emergence of different types of American drama including protest plays, reform drama, political drama, experimental drama, urban plays, feminist drama and realist plays. This volume also analyzes the works of some of the most notable American playwrights including Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller and those written by women dramatists.
Author: Susan H. Smith
Author: Nicholas GreneBrecht in Practice
Author: David BarnettPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408186020
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
David Barnett invites readers, students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brecht's theories and practices. The book analyses how Brecht's ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance, and reveals just how carefully Brecht realized his vision of a politicized, interventionist theatre. What emerges is a nuanced understanding of Brecht's concepts, his work with actors and his approaches to directing. The reader is encouraged to engage with his method which sought to 'make theatre politically', in order to appreciate the innovations he introduced into his stagecraft. Barnett provides many examples of how Brecht's ideas can be staged, and the final chapter takes a closer look at two very different plays: one written by Brecht and one by a playwright with no acknowledged connection to Brecht. Through an interrogation of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Patrick Marber's Closer, Barnett asks how a Brechtian approach can enliven and illuminate production.
