{"product_id":"modern-british-drama-the-twentieth-century-paperback-9780521016759","title":"Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century (Paperback) 9780521016759","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern British Drama: The Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpdated edition of Modern British Drama, 1890–1990, now covering all of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Innes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521016759, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 November 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e604 pages, 21 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 3.7 cm, 0.939 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Christopher Innes' study provides the most valuable and extensive coverage that there has been on the subject in one volume. For teachers and students alike this work will become an essential handbook for the hundred years of British drama it covers … In short, the book is a triumph and a major contribution.' Modern Language Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA revised and updated version of Modern British Drama, 1890–1990, now covering the whole twentieth century, this was the first one-volume analysis of English playwriting to cover the most exciting and productive period in British Theatre from its inception to today. Through detailed discussions of major dramatists and plays, Innes traces the evolution of modernism from Bernard Shaw to Patrick Marber and Sarah Kane, and theatrical developments over the whole century. Includes information on the social and political environment surrounding the plays, first productions, and critical reception, plus chronology, illustrations from key performances, lists of playwrights and works, and selective bibliographies. An invaluable guide for students, theatre-goers and theatre historians.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Contexts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Defining modernism: George Bernard Shaw\u003cbr\u003e 3. Social themes and realistic formulae [playwrights discussed include: Granville-Barker, Workers' Theatre Movement\u003cbr\u003e Rattigan\u003cbr\u003e Osborne\u003cbr\u003e Wesker\u003cbr\u003e Brechtian influences\u003cbr\u003e Arden\u003cbr\u003e Bond\u003cbr\u003e Edgar\u003cbr\u003e Brenton\u003cbr\u003e Hare\u003cbr\u003e Gems]\u003cbr\u003e 4. The comic mirror - tradition and innovation [playwrights discussed include: Maugham\u003cbr\u003e Coward\u003cbr\u003e Travers\u003cbr\u003e Orton\u003cbr\u003e Beckett\u003cbr\u003e Pinter\u003cbr\u003e Barnes\u003cbr\u003e Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e Ayckbourn\u003cbr\u003e Frayn\u003cbr\u003e Stoppard\u003cbr\u003e Marber]\u003cbr\u003e 5. Poetic drama - verse, fantasy and symbolic images [playwrights discussed include: Barrie\u003cbr\u003e Priestley\u003cbr\u003e Auden\u003cbr\u003e Isherwood\u003cbr\u003e Eliot\u003cbr\u003e Fry\u003cbr\u003e Shaffer\u003cbr\u003e Whiting\u003cbr\u003e Rudkin\u003cbr\u003e Barker\u003cbr\u003e Churchill\u003cbr\u003e Kane\u003cbr\u003e McBurney]\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000660349208,"sku":"9780521016759","price":47.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521016759i_bc23b04f-8baf-4080-8a43-a8e31a5f49ec.jpg?v=1691376702","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-british-drama-the-twentieth-century-paperback-9780521016759","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}