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Modern drama : a very short introduction/

"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 vibran...

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Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.