| Description |
xiv, 826 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Prentice-Hall series in theatre and drama |
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Prentice-Hall series in theatre and drama
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| Contents |
Preface -- The first stirrings: 1850-1870 -- Wagner and Saxe-Meiningen: unified production and the Regisseur -- The new drama, 1870-1890 -- The independent theatre movement -- Antirealist alternatives -- Innovation and consolidation in drama, 1900-1915 -- Forging a new art of the theatre -- The Russian renaissance -- New modes of perception: expressionism, futurism, dadaism, and surrealism -- The Soviet experiment -- The interwar years in Italy, France, and Belgium -- Theatre and drama in central and eastern Europe between the wars -- Theatre and drama in the British Isles between the war -- American theatre and drama between the wars -- War and recovery -- Absurdity and anger -- Continental theatre and drama since 1960 -- The theatre in England and America since 1960 -- Reassessment and revolution: reshaping the theatre for the future |
| Analysis |
Drama 20th century History and criticism |
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Theater History 20th century |
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Drama, 1870-1972 Critical studies |
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Theatre, 1870-1972 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 781-802 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Findlay, Robert R., 1932- author
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| LC no. |
72005425 |
| ISBN |
0131227475 |
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