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Author:   James Acheson
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780333532591

ISBN 10:   0333532597
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   22 June 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - 'The Absolute Absence of the Absolute': the Theory and Practice of Samuel Beckett's Drama; J.Acheson - Pinter and the Pinteresque; J.Fletcher - Revitalised Ritual and Theatrical Flair: the Plays of Peter Shaffer; W.Hutchings - Mirrors of Utopia: Caryl Churchill and Joint Stock; F.Gray - Casting the Audience: Theatricality in the Stage Plays of Peter Nichols; A.Parkin - Translations of History: Story-telling in Brian Friel's Theatre; K.Worth - Tom Murphy: Acts of Faith in a Godless World; R.A.Cave - Edward Bond: a Political Education; A.Jenkins - Stoppard's Theatre of Unknowing; M.A.Doll - Making History: the Plays of Howard Brenton; H.Zeifman - Forgiving History and Making New Worlds: Timberlake Wertenbaker's Recent Drama; A.Wilson - Freedom and Form in David Hare's Drama; J.Gindin - Honouring the Audience: the Theatre of Howard Barker; R.Wilcher - The Plays of Pam Gems: Personal/Political/Personal; K.H.Burkman - Postmodern Classics: the Verse Drama of Tony Harrison; R.Huk - Index

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