03850oam 2200817I 450 991078604880332120230803025114.01-136-15500-71-283-97326-X0-203-07847-01-136-15501-510.4324/9780203078471 (CKB)2670000000325621(EBL)1114715(OCoLC)827208893(SSID)ssj0000821823(PQKBManifestationID)11496998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821823(PQKBWorkID)10879718(PQKB)11623664(MiAaPQ)EBC1114715(Au-PeEL)EBL1114715(CaPaEBR)ebr10650292(CaONFJC)MIL428576(OCoLC)826685149(OCoLC)839389992(FINmELB)ELB134174(EXLCZ)99267000000032562120180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage in history's wings /Alex FeldmanNew York ;London :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (271 p.)Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;27Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;27Description based upon print version of record.1-138-10789-1 0-415-50218-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aeRoutledge advances in theatre and performance studies.Historical drama, EnglishHistory and criticismHistorical drama, GermanHistory and criticismEnglish drama20th centuryHistory and criticismGerman drama20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and historyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryLiterature and historyGermanyHistory20th centuryPlay within a playHistory in literatureHistorical drama, EnglishHistory and criticism.Historical drama, GermanHistory and criticism.English dramaHistory and criticism.German dramaHistory and criticism.Literature and historyHistoryLiterature and historyHistoryPlay within a play.History in literature.822/.0514090914Feldman Alexander1981-,1486892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786048803321Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage3706513UNINA