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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786048803321

Autore

Feldman Alexander <1981-, >

Titolo

Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / / Alex Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-15500-7

1-283-97326-X

0-203-07847-0

1-136-15501-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; ; 27

Disciplina

822/.0514090914

Soggetti

Historical drama, English - History and criticism

Historical drama, German - History and criticism

English drama - 20th century - History and criticism

German drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Literature and history - Germany - History - 20th century

Play within a play

History in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been,



and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and ae