Modern British Farce: A Selective Study of British Farce from Pinero to the Present Day: 1989

Author: Leslie Smith
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Theatre Studies, Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900, Literary Studies: From C 1900 -, Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets
Book Format: Paperback

 

A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama.
 

 

Table Of Contents

The nature of farce; A.W.Pinero and the Court farces; Ben Travers and the Aldwych farces; Brian Rix and the Whitehall farces; post-Whitehall farces; Joe Orton; farce and contemporary Drama I and II.

 

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SKU BK-9781349097616
Barcode # 9781349097616
Brand Palgrave Macmillan
Artist / Author Leslie Smith
Shipping Weight 0.5000kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.216m
Assembled Length 1.400m
Assembled Height 14.000m
Assembled Width 216.000m
Type Paperback

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