Modern drama : a very short introduction / Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr.
- 作者: Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten, 1966- .
- 其他題名:
- Very short introductions ;
- 出版: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2016.
- 叢書名: Very short introductions ;458
- 主題: Drama--History and criticism. , Theater--History--19th century. , Theater--History--20th century.
- 版本:First edition.
- ISBN: 9780199658770 (pbk.): NT300
- 一般註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127) and index. Introduction -- Realism, naturalism, and symbolism -- Sex, suffrage, and scandal -- Metatheatre and modernity -- Salesmen, southerners, anger, and ennui -- Absurdism, protest, and commitment -- Bearing witness : drama since 1980.
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- 系統號: 000263381 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism. Spanning 1880 to the present, Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr shows how
摘要註
"The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and unpredictability. It is a truly international phenomenon, encompassing works by playwrights such as Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, Miller, Beckett, and Churchill, which are vibrant and diverse in both text and performance. This Very Short Introduction explores the major developments of modern drama from 1880 to the present. Ranging from early modernist theatre through post-war developments to more recent and contemporary theatre, Shepherd-Barr tracks the emergence of new theories from the likes of Stanislavsky, Brecht, and Grotowski alongside groundbreaking productions to illuminate the fascinating evolution of modern drama"--