The Professions in contemporary drama / / [edited by] Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822924603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, : Intellect, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-47657-5; 9786610476572; 1-84150-879-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (150 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Meyer-DinkgrafeDaniel <1958->
• Disciplina: 822.91409355
• Soggetti: English drama - 20th century - History and criticism; Occupations in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Bouncer-Teacher-Doctor: Gentrification and the Role of the Outsider in the Plays of John Godber; 2 'Appalling Teachers': Masculine Authority in the Classroom in Educating Rita and Oleanna; 3 Theatricality & Madness: Minding the Mind-doctors; 4 Carry on the Welfare State: Orton, Nichols, and the Medical Profession; 5 The Priest Character's Space and Function in Contemporary British and Irish Drama; 6 The Depiction of the Artist in David Storey's Life Class: The Play as Visual Art; 7 The Artist as Character in Contemporary British Bio-Plays8 The Professional Archaeologist and The Aesthetics of Cultural Imperialism in Tony Harrison's The Trackers of Oxyrynchus; 9 Wittgenstein and Morality - The Playwright's Purpose; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Drama fills this extraordinary gap with a series of nine papers discussing the educational professions (Bennett, Mangan), the medical profession (Shields, Buse, ), priests (Kurdi), archaeologists (Forsyth) and artists (Di Benedetto, Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Edwards). The book is of relevance to theatre academics and students at both undergraduate ; and postgraduate levels. It is based on a conference organised in conjunction with the Centre for English Studies,