Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE BIRTH OF (THE POPULAR CULTURE OF) A NATION: STAGE ENTERTAINMENT IN A NEW LAND -- The Colonial Era -- After the Revoluti…
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION MODERN VERSE DRAMA IN ENGLAND: THE FORGOTTEN TRADITION -- The origins of modern verse drama -- Culture of reform -- Into oblivion -- National…
The 1930s' plays (1936-1940) -- Battle of angels and Orpheus descending (1939-1941 and 1957) -- The glass menagerie (1942-1945) -- Summer and smoke and Eccentricities of a nightingale (1945-1948 and 1964) -- A streetcar named desire (1945-1947) -- The rose tattoo and Camino real…
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The plays of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter have formed part of the canon of world theatre since the 1960s. Frequently revived on the professional stage, and studied in almost every Theatre Studies course, his importance and influence is hard to overestimate. This 'Critic…