LEADER 03818oam 2200805I 450 001 9910463155003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-97326-X 010 $a0-203-07847-0 010 $a1-136-15501-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203078471 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325621 035 $a(EBL)1114715 035 $a(OCoLC)827208893 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11496998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10879718 035 $a(PQKB)11623664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1114715 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1114715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10650292 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL428576 035 $a(OCoLC)826685149 035 $a(OCoLC)839389992 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325621 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage $ein history's wings /$fAlex Feldman 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;$v27 225 0$aRoutledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;$v27 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-10789-1 311 $a0-415-50218-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. 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. 330 $aThis book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and ae 410 0$aRoutledge advances in theatre and performance studies. 606 $aHistorical drama, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistorical drama, German$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGerman drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and history$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and history$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPlay within a play 606 $aHistory in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorical drama, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistorical drama, German$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGerman drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and history$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and history$xHistory 615 0$aPlay within a play. 615 0$aHistory in literature. 676 $a822/.0514090914 700 $aFeldman$b Alexander$f1981-,$0944295 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463155003321 996 $aDramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage$92131668 997 $aUNINA