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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825553703321

Autore

Sternlicht Sanford V

Titolo

Masterpieces of modern British and Irish drama / / Sanford Sternlicht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2005

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-68361-9

1-282-40777-5

9786612407772

0-313-03899-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 pages)

Collana

Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces, , 1545-6285

Disciplina

822/.91099417

Soggetti

English drama - Irish authors - History and criticism

English drama - 20th century - History and criticism

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

The playboy of the western world / by John Millington Synge (1907) -- Saint Joan / by George Bernard Shaw (1923) -- Juno and the paycock / by Sean O'Casey (1924) -- Private lives / by Noel Coward (1930) -- Waiting for Godot / by Samuel Beckett (1953) -- Look back in anger / by John Osborne (1956) -- The birthday party / by Harold Pinter (1958) -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / by Tom Stoppard (1966) -- Translations / by Brian Friel (1980) -- Top girls / by Caryl Churchill (1982).

Sommario/riassunto

Modern British and Irish dramatic works are among the plays most widely read by students. This volume conveniently introduces 10 major plays by British and Irish dramatists. Each chapter is devoted to a particular play and includes a brief biography, a plot synopsis, a discussion of major themes and characters, an overview of the play's historical background, an analysis of the work's dramatic style, an overview of the play's critical reception, and a list of works for further reading.||Modern British and Irish dramatic works are widely enjoyed by general readers and high school students. But