{"product_id":"modern-drama-in-theory-and-practice-volume-2-symbolism-surrealism-and-the-absurd-paperback-9780521296298","title":"Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd (Paperback) 9780521296298","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book was first published in 1981. The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn L. Styan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521296298, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 June 1983\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book was first published in 1981. The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume, disseminated by the work of Appia and Craig, and affecting the later plays of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, and Lugné-Poe's Théatre de Le'Oeuvre. Jarry is seen as the precursor of surrealism; later symbolist elements are found in the plays of Claudel, Giraudoux, Yeats, Eliot, Lorca and Pirandello. Artaud's theatre of cruelty is related to the work of Peter Brook. The theatre of the absurd is illustrated in Sartre, Beckett, Pinter and Ionesco. Recent avant-garde theatre in America and Britain also reveals elements of symbolism.\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 Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The symbolic in drama\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theoretical beginnings: Wagner and Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003e 3. Symbolic theatre: Appia and lighting design Tristan und Isolde (1899 and 1923)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Symbolic theatre: Craig and stage design: The Moscow Hamlet (1912)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Symbolist drama: Ibsen to Maeterlinck and Lugné-Poe Hedda Gabler (1890), Pelléas et Mélisande (1893)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Symbolist drama after Maeterlinck Salomé (1896), The Life of Man (1907)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Jarry, precursor of surrealism in France Ubo roi (1896)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dada and surrealism in France: Tzara to Cocteau  The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower (1921)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Symbolist drama in English: Yeats and Japanese Noh drama At the Hawk's Well (1916)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Symbolist drama in English: Eliot and religious drama Murder in the Cathedral (1935)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pirandello and the teatro grottesco: Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Symbolist drama in Spain: García Lorca The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Stylization in France: Copeau and after Noah (1931), The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1935)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Theatre of cruelty: Artaud and Peter Brook The Marat\/Sade (1965)\u003cbr\u003e 15. The existentialist play: Sartre and Camus The Flies (1943), Caligula (1945)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Theatre of the absurd: Beckett and Pinter Waiting for Godot (1952)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Theatre of the absurd: Ionesco and others The Bald Prima Donna (1950)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Ritual theatre and Jean Genet The Balcony (1957), The Blacks (1959)\u003cbr\u003e 19. After Artaud: avant-garde theatre in Poland and America Frankenstein (1965)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Happenings and other improvisation in America Dionysus in 69 (1968)\u003cbr\u003e 21. Recent fringe theatre in Britain Christie in Love (1969), AC\/DC (1969)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Symbolist theatre: retrospectively\u003cbr\u003e Table of events in the theatre\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\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":46001776591128,"sku":"9780521296298","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521296298i_a9c8dc34-c91c-4ddb-8b1e-22ec0d66bac8.jpg?v=1691374873","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-drama-in-theory-and-practice-volume-2-symbolism-surrealism-and-the-absurd-paperback-9780521296298","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}