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Author Pattie, David, 1963-

Title Modern British playwriting. The 1950s : voices, documents, new interpretations / David Pattie
Published London : Methuen Drama, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages)
Series Decades of modern British playwriting
Decades of modern British playwriting.
Contents Foreword by the General Editors Richard Boon (Emeritus, University of Hull) and Philip Roberts (Emeritus, University of Leeds)Introduction: Living in the 1950sTheatre in the 1950sIntroducing the Playwrights: T. S. Eliot; Terence Rattigan; John Osborne; Arnold WeskerT. S. Eliot (Sarah Bay-Chen, University at Buffalo -- State University of New York, USA)Terence Rattigan (David Pattie, University of Chester, UK)John Osborne (Luc Gilleman, Smith College, Northampton, USA)Arnold Wesker (John Bull, University of Reading, UK)DocumentsAfterwordSelect BibliographyReferencesNotesIndex
Summary This title provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in the 1950s. It features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation
Rattigan, Terence -- Criticism and interpretation
Osborne, John, 1929-1994 -- Criticism and interpretation
Wesker, Arnold, 1932-2016 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 fast
Osborne, John, 1929-1994 fast
Rattigan, Terence fast
Wesker, Arnold, 1932-2016 fast
Subject English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781408129296
1408129299
9781408166567
1408166569
9781283874021
1283874024
9781408159569
1408159562
Other Titles 1950s
Nineteen fiftys