English drama of the early modern period, 1890-1940 /
Chothia, Jean.
English drama of the early modern period, 1890-1940 / Jean Chothia. - London ; New York : Longman, 1996. - xii, 336 p. ; 23 cm. - Longman literature in English series . - Longman literature in English series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-328) and index.
Longman Literature in English Series -- Introduction. The matter of Britain. The censorship question. Demands for a National Theatre -- English Theatre in the 1890s. Society Drama. Arthur Wing Pinero. Henry Arthur Jones. Oscar Wilde. Guy Domville (1895). Ibsen and new initiatives. 'An English Theatre Libre'. The close of the century -- 1900-1920 The New Drama. Harley Granville Barker. Elizabeth Robins and the suffrage dramatists. The Court dramatists: Galsworthy, Masefield and Hankin. George Bernard Shaw. The repertory movement and the Manchester School. The Irish drama. Peter Pan (1904) -- 1920-1940 Between the Wars. Repertory theatres, independent theatres and theatre festivals. O'Casey and the Abbey Theatre. Mainstream theatre. Noel Coward. War plays and patriotism. Rodney Ackland and J. B. Priestley. Political theatre: the Group. Political theatre: the Workers' contribution. The advent of radio. Cinema -- Four Comedies. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Importance of Being Ernest (1895). The Playboy of the Western World (1907). Hay Fever (1925) and Private Lives (1930) -- George Bernard Shaw. 'Intellect the surest tool'. Major Barbara (1905). Staging and stage directions. Shaw's dramatic language. Pygmalion (1914). Subverting convention, and some Shavian limitations. Heartbreak House (1921) -- Literary Drama: Henry James, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot. Henry James and the idea of theatre. The language of realism. W. B. Yeats and 'the deep of the mind'. The verse drama movement. Murder in the Cathedral (1935) -- Dramatising Strife: The Working Classes on the British Stage. Capital and Labour plays. Domestic strife: D. H. Lawrence and others. Questions of language. Men Should Weep (1947) -- Variable Authenticities: Staging Shakespeare in the Early Modern Period. Historical authenticity: illusionist Shakespeare. A new authenticity: William Poel and Elizabethan staging. Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'. 6. 7. 8. 9. Granville Barker and twentieth-century eclecticism -- The Blindfold Medium: Early Radio Drama. The White Chateau (1925). Familiarity with the medium. The Squirrel's Cage (1929) and The Flowers Are Not For You To Pick (1930). 10.
0582067383 (CSD)
95047320
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
English drama--History and criticism.--19th century
PR736 / .C36 1996
822/.91209
English drama of the early modern period, 1890-1940 / Jean Chothia. - London ; New York : Longman, 1996. - xii, 336 p. ; 23 cm. - Longman literature in English series . - Longman literature in English series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-328) and index.
Longman Literature in English Series -- Introduction. The matter of Britain. The censorship question. Demands for a National Theatre -- English Theatre in the 1890s. Society Drama. Arthur Wing Pinero. Henry Arthur Jones. Oscar Wilde. Guy Domville (1895). Ibsen and new initiatives. 'An English Theatre Libre'. The close of the century -- 1900-1920 The New Drama. Harley Granville Barker. Elizabeth Robins and the suffrage dramatists. The Court dramatists: Galsworthy, Masefield and Hankin. George Bernard Shaw. The repertory movement and the Manchester School. The Irish drama. Peter Pan (1904) -- 1920-1940 Between the Wars. Repertory theatres, independent theatres and theatre festivals. O'Casey and the Abbey Theatre. Mainstream theatre. Noel Coward. War plays and patriotism. Rodney Ackland and J. B. Priestley. Political theatre: the Group. Political theatre: the Workers' contribution. The advent of radio. Cinema -- Four Comedies. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Importance of Being Ernest (1895). The Playboy of the Western World (1907). Hay Fever (1925) and Private Lives (1930) -- George Bernard Shaw. 'Intellect the surest tool'. Major Barbara (1905). Staging and stage directions. Shaw's dramatic language. Pygmalion (1914). Subverting convention, and some Shavian limitations. Heartbreak House (1921) -- Literary Drama: Henry James, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot. Henry James and the idea of theatre. The language of realism. W. B. Yeats and 'the deep of the mind'. The verse drama movement. Murder in the Cathedral (1935) -- Dramatising Strife: The Working Classes on the British Stage. Capital and Labour plays. Domestic strife: D. H. Lawrence and others. Questions of language. Men Should Weep (1947) -- Variable Authenticities: Staging Shakespeare in the Early Modern Period. Historical authenticity: illusionist Shakespeare. A new authenticity: William Poel and Elizabethan staging. Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'. 6. 7. 8. 9. Granville Barker and twentieth-century eclecticism -- The Blindfold Medium: Early Radio Drama. The White Chateau (1925). Familiarity with the medium. The Squirrel's Cage (1929) and The Flowers Are Not For You To Pick (1930). 10.
0582067383 (CSD)
95047320
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
English drama--History and criticism.--19th century
PR736 / .C36 1996
822/.91209
