The Professions in contemporary drama / [edited by] Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Daniel, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

Occupations in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Drama fills this extraordinary gap with a series of nine papers discussing the educational professions (Bennett, Mangan), the medical profession (Shields, Buse, ), priests (Kurdi), archaeologists (Forsyth) and artists (Di Benedetto, Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Edwards). The book is of relevance to theatre academics and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is based on a conference organised in conjunction with the Centre for English Studies,

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Bouncer-Teacher-Doctor: Gentrification and the Role of the Outsider in the Plays of John Godber; 2 'Appalling Teachers': Masculine Authority in the Classroom in Educating Rita and Oleanna; 3 Theatricality & Madness: Minding the Mind-doctors; 4 Carry on the Welfare State: Orton, Nichols, and the Medical Profession; 5 The Priest Character's Space and Function in Contemporary British and Irish Drama; 6 The Depiction of the Artist in David Storey's Life Class: The Play as Visual Art

7 The Artist as Character in Contemporary British Bio-Plays8 The Professional Archaeologist and The Aesthetics of Cultural Imperialism in Tony Harrison's The Trackers of Oxyrynchus; 9 Wittgenstein and Morality - The Playwright's Purpose; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610476572

9781280476570

1280476575

9781841508795

1841508799

OCLC:

241062500