Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Modern And Contemporary World Drama full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Modern And Contemporary World Drama ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Esther Kim Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1350121940
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Modern and Contemporary World Drama written by Esther Kim Lee and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 1. Beginnings -- v. 2. Theories -- v. 3. Movements -- v. 4. Twenty-first century.
Author : Michael L. Greenwald
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780321107916
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama written by Michael L. Greenwald and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 31 American and international plays offers a truly global perspective of the drama and theater that has been produced during the past 150 years. In addition to essential plays from the West's modern canon, this anthology offers a richly varied selection of plays from regions underrepresented in other texts, such as Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The book's pedagogical features all work together to provide students with the historical and cultural background they need to read plays into context. Accessible, interesting, and inclusive, the broad range of plays in this anthology will inspire, intrigue, and provoke readers to understand more deeply the literary and production history of modern and contemporary drama. One reviewer says, The coverage is great: in terms of geography, gender, race, aesthetics, and cultural issues, the editors have selected plays that are recognized for their importance within an ongoing narrative history of world drama. I've seen no other anthology like this on the market. Matthew Roudan, Georgia State University
Author : Richard Gilman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300079029
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Making of Modern Drama written by Richard Gilman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical exploration of modern drama begins with Büchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who have shaped modern theater. A new introduction by the author assesses developments of recent years.
Author : Xiaomei Chen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231535546
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama written by Xiaomei Chen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen's well-received original collection, The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama, along with her critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama. Comprising representative works from the Republican era to postsocialist China, the book encapsulates the revolutionary rethinking of Chinese theater and performance that began in the late Qing dynasty and vividly portrays the uncertainty and anxiety brought on by modernism, socialism, political conflict, and war. Chosen works from 1919 to 1990 also highlight the formation of national and gender identities during a period of tremendous social, cultural, and political change in China and the genesis of contemporary attitudes toward the West. PRC theater tracks the rise of communism, juxtaposing ideals of Chinese socialism against the sacrifices made for a new society. Post-Mao drama addresses the nation's socialist legacy, its attempt to reexamine its cultural roots, and postsocialist reflections on critical issues such as nation, class, gender, and collective memories. An essential, portable guide for easy reference and classroom use, this abridgment provides a concise yet well-rounded survey of China's theatricality and representation of political life. The original work not only established a canon of modern Chinese drama in the West but also made it available for the first time in English in a single volume.
Author : John P. Harrington
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393932430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama written by John P. Harrington and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama is the ideal focal point for the study of Irish literature and culture and, because of its many great twentieth-century works, for the study of drama more generally.
Author : Maurice Jacques Valency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (957 download)
Download or read book The End of the World written by Maurice Jacques Valency and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Thomas Rimer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231128304
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama written by J. Thomas Rimer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available JapanÕs best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. Divided into six chronological sections: ÒThe Age of Taisho DramaÓ; The Tsukiji Tsukiji Little Theater and Its AftermathÓ; ÒWartime and Postwar DramaÓ; ÒThe 1960s and Underground TheaterÓ; ÒThe 1980s and BeyondÓ; and ÒPopular Theater,Ó the collection opens with a comprehensive introduction to Meiji period drama and provides an informal yet complete history of twentieth-century Japanese theater for students, scholars, instructors, and dramatists. The collection features a mix of original and previously published translations of works, among them plays by such writers as Masamune Hakucho (The Couple Next Door), Enchi Fumiko (Restless Night in Late Spring), Abe Kobo (The Man Who Turned into a Stick), Morimoto Kaoru (A WomanÕs Life), Kara Juro (Two Women), Terayama Shuji (Poison Boy), Noda Hideki (Poems for Sale), and Mishima Yukio (The Sardine SellerÕs Net of Love). Leading translators include Donald Keene, J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuyra Mori, M. Cody Poulton, John Gillespie, Mari Boyd, and Brian Powell. Each section features an introduction to the developments and character of the period, notes on the playsÕ productions, and photographs of their stage performances. The volume complements any course on modern Japanese literature and any study of modern drama in China, Korea, or other Asian or contemporary Western nation.
Author : Don Rubin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415260879
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre written by Don Rubin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Volume 5 covers Asia/Pacific. Entries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin.
Author : Una Chaudhuri
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472065899
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (658 download)
Download or read book Staging Place written by Una Chaudhuri and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length study of the notion of place and its implications in modern drama
Author : Adrian Curtin
Publisher : Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
ISBN 13 : 9781474495042
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre written by Adrian Curtin and published by Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores modernism's complex relationship with contemporary theatre. This volume highlights modernism as an impulse that can be carried forward to the present, re-embodied and re-encountered in theatrical performance. It demonstrates how modernist impulses spark contemporary theatre in dynamic ways, continuing the modernist imperative to 'make it new' and to engage meaningfully with the complicated situation of living in the contemporary world. A diverse set of contributions from scholars and theatre practitioners examines the legacy of modernism on the world stage in acts of remembrance, restaging, transmission and slippage. It investigates both well-known and less familiar aspects of modernist theatre history, engaging topics such as the revival of the first Black American musical, feminist and disability-led reinterpretations of canonical modernist plays, the use of modernist-inspired performance practice in contemporary university arts education and the continually contested meaning and importance of the avant-garde. Adrian Curtin is Associate Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter. Nicholas Johnson is Associate Professor of Drama at Trinity College Dublin. Naomi Paxton is Knowledge Exchange Fellow at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Claire Warden is Professor of Performance and Physical Culture at Loughborough University.
Author : Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199658773
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Modern Drama written by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.
Author : Maggie Barbara Gale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415724166
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Drama Anthology written by Maggie Barbara Gale and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation of the key movements in the history of modern theatre. Each of the book's parts comprises full reproductions of the plays that defined the period and key critical writings that inform and contextualise their reading.
Author : Alan Ackerman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442661496
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Reading Modern Drama written by Alan Ackerman and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the relationship between dramatic language and its theatrical aspects, Reading Modern Drama provides an accessible entry point for general readers and academics into the world of contemporary theatre scholarship. This collection promotes the use of diverse perspectives and critical methods to explore the common theme of language as well as the continued relevance of modern drama in our lives. Reading Modern Drama offers provocative close readings of both canonical and lesser-known plays, from Hedda Gabler to e.e. cummings' Him. Taken together, these essays enter into an ongoing, fruitful debate about the terms 'modern' and 'drama' and build a much-needed bridge between literary studies and performance studies.
Author : Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191636126
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction written by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism. Spanning 1880 to the present, Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr shows how truly international a phenomenon modern drama has become, and how vibrant and diverse in both text and performance. This Very Short Introduction explores the major developments of modern drama, covering two decades per chapter, from early modernist theatre through post-war developments to more recent and contemporary theatre. Shepherd-Barr tracks the emergence of new theories from the likes of Brecht and Beckett alongside groundbreaking productions to illuminate the fascinating evolution of modern drama. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415141611
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Who's who in Contemporary World Theatre written by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in modern drama and performance. Its distinctive blend of information, analysis and anecdote makes for entertaining and enlightening reading.Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre is a lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary drama. All who enjoy the theatre will find their pleasure enhanced and their knowledge extended by this fascinating work of reference. Its distinctive blend of information, analysis and anecdote makes for entertaining and enlightening reading. Hugely influential innovators, household names, and a whole host of less familiar, international figures - all have their lives and careers illuminated by the clear and succinct entries. All professions associated with the theatre are represented here - actors and directors, playwrights and designers. By virtue of the broad range of its coverage, Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre offers a unique insight into the rich diversity of international drama today.
Author : Kelly Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349953598
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Gothic Drama written by Kelly Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to explorations of the Gothic’s power to haunt contemporary playwriting, macabre tourism and site-specific performance. By taking familiar Gothic motifs, such as the Gothic body, the monster and Gothic theatricality, and bringing them to a new contemporary stage, this collection provides a fresh and comprehensive take on a popular genre. Whilst the focus of the collection falls upon Gothic drama, the contents of the book will embrace an interdisciplinary appeal to scholars and students in the fields of theatre studies, literature studies, tourism studies, adaptation studies, cultural studies, and history.
Author : John Gassner
Publisher : [Chicago] : American Library Association, [distributed by Public Affairs Pamphlets, New York,$cc1965]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The World of Contemporary Drama written by John Gassner and published by [Chicago] : American Library Association, [distributed by Public Affairs Pamphlets, New York,$cc1965]. This book was released on 1965 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
