Jack Rosenthal / Sue Vice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465662703321
• Autore: Vice Sue <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-78170-314-0; 1-84779-449-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Collana: The television series
• Disciplina: 822.914
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-195) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Contents; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The beginnings; 2. Little England; 3. Men at work; 4. Love stories; 5. Structure and plot; 6. Television satire in 1976 and 2005; 7. Versions of autobiography; 8. Anglo-Jewish plays; Appendix: list of television programmes; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the award-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960's and he became famous for his popular sitcoms, including The Lovers and The Dustbinmen. During what is often known as the 'golden age' of British television drama, Rosenthal wrote such plays as The Knowledge, The Chain, Spend, Spend, Spend and P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang, as well as the pilot for the series London's Burning. This study offers a close analysis of all Rosenthal's best-known works, drawing on archival material as well as interview...