Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Irony personified: Ibsen and The Master Builder; 2 The character of irony in Chekhov; 3 Irony and dialectic: Shaw's Candida; 4 Pirandello's "Father" -- and Brecht's "Mother"; 5 Absurdist irony: Ionesco's "anti-play"; 6 "Ironist First Class": Stoppard's Arcadia; 7 American ironies: Wasserstein and Kushner; 8 Irony's theatre; Notes; Works cited; Index
Summary
Covering major playwrights including Ibsen, Brecht and Chekhov, Storm presents a comprehensive investigation of irony's significance in the modern theatre
