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Author Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Daniel, 1958-

Title Biographical Plays About Famous Artists
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2005

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages)
Contents Introduction; chapter one; chapter two; appendix; bibliography; index
Summary Since the late 1970s, more than 200 biographical plays about famous artists (composers, fine artists, poets, actors etc.) were written and staged in the United Kingdom. The book analyses the range of these plays, arguing that the dramatists often place the main artist character(s) in an adverse situation, inward (e.g., mental illness) or outward (a personal enemy, or an anonymous power, such as war). Against the background of such adverse forces, the artist characters tend come across as flaw ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Composers in literature.
Authors in literature.
Biographical drama -- History and criticism
English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors in literature
Biographical drama
Composers in literature
English drama
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443814621
1443814628