Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage [electronic resource] : in history's wings / Alexander Feldman.

By: Feldman, Alexander, 1981-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27Publication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2013Description: xviii, 252 p. : illISBN: 9780203078471 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Historical drama, English -- History and criticism | Historical drama, German -- History and criticism | English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Literature and history -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Play within a play | History in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 822/.0514090914 LOC classification: PR739.H5 | F45 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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