Viennese popular theatre, a symposium = Das Wiener Volkstheater, ein Symposion / edited by W.E. Yates and John R.P. McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yates, W. E.

McKenzie, John R. P. (John Richard Philip), 1940-

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Folk drama, German--Austria--Vienna--Congresses.

Folk drama, German.

Austria--Vienna.

Austrian drama--Austria--Vienna--19th century--Congresses.

Austrian drama.

German drama (Comedy)--Congresses.

German drama (Comedy).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 168 pages : facsimiles ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Das Wiener Volkstheater.

Place of Publication:

[Exeter] : University of Exeter, 1985.

Contents:

Aspects of dialogue in Viennese comedy / Margaret Jacobs

Raimund's "viele schöne Worte" / Ian F. Roe

Reflections on Raimund's artistic relationships with his contemporaries / Peter Branscombe

Nestroy und Ernst Stainhauser / Walter Obermaier

Das Werden eines Nestroystücks / W.E. Yates

Der ernste Nestroy / Johann Hüttner

The servant problem in Viennese popular comedy / M.A. Rogers

Nestroy, Grillparzer, and the feminist cause / W.E. Yates

Rebellion, reservation, resignation: Nestroy und die Wiener Gesellschaft 1830-1860 / Günter Berghaus

Nestroy's political plays / John R.P. McKenzie

End of a line: Anzengruber and the Viennese stage / Patricia Howe.

Notes:

"Essays ... based on papers given at a symposium ... held in London on 9-11 May 1984."

English (with summaries in German) or German (with summaries in English).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0859892514

OCLC:

12597804