English drama of the early modern period, 1890-1940 / Jean Chothia.

By: Chothia, Jean Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Longman literature in English seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Longman, 1996. Description: xii, 336 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0582067383 (case); 0582067391 (pbk.); 9780582067387Other title: English drama, 1890-1940 [Spine title]Subject(s): English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 822.91209 LOC classification: PR736 | .C36 1996Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC 1. Introduction -- 2. English Theatre in the 1890s -- 3. 1900-1920 The New Drama -- 4. 1920-1940 Between the Wars -- 5. Four Comedies -- 6. George Bernard Shaw -- 7. Literary Drama: Henry James, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot -- 8. Dramatising Strife: The Working Classes on the British Stage -- 9. Variable Authenticities: Staging Shakespeare in the Early Modern Period -- 10. The Blindfold Medium: Early Radio Drama.

Summary: Summary: This is a study of a particularly unfluential phase in the development of modern English theatre - the age of Wilde and Shaw. It focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama.

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Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Fiction	822.91209 CHE 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		20912

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Online version:
Chothia, Jean.
English drama of the early modern period, 1890-1940.
London ; New York : Longman, 1996
(OCoLC)603687785

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.

TOC 1. Introduction --
2. English Theatre in the 1890s --
3. 1900-1920 The New Drama --
4. 1920-1940 Between the Wars --
5. Four Comedies --
6. George Bernard Shaw --
7. Literary Drama: Henry James, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot --
8. Dramatising Strife: The Working Classes on the British Stage --
9. Variable Authenticities: Staging Shakespeare in the Early Modern Period --
10. The Blindfold Medium: Early Radio Drama.

Summary:
This is a study of a particularly unfluential phase in the development of modern English theatre - the age of Wilde and Shaw. It focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama.

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