Masterpieces of modern British and Irish drama / Sanford Sternlicht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sternlicht, Sanford V.

Series:

Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces.

Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces, 1545-6285

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English drama.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern British and Irish dramatic works are among the plays most widely read by students. This volume conveniently introduces 10 major plays by British and Irish dramatists. Each chapter is devoted to a particular play and includes a brief biography, a plot synopsis, a discussion of major themes and characters, an overview of the play's historical background, an analysis of the work's dramatic style, an overview of the play's critical reception, and a list of works for further reading.||Modern British and Irish dramatic works are widely enjoyed by general readers and high school students. But

Contents:

The playboy of the western world / by John Millington Synge (1907)

Saint Joan / by George Bernard Shaw (1923)

Juno and the paycock / by Sean O'Casey (1924)

Private lives / by Noel Coward (1930)

Waiting for Godot / by Samuel Beckett (1953)

Look back in anger / by John Osborne (1956)

The birthday party / by Harold Pinter (1958)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / by Tom Stoppard (1966)

Translations / by Brian Friel (1980)

Top girls / by Caryl Churchill (1982).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400683619

9786612407772

9781282407770

1282407775

9780313038990

0313038996

OCLC:

61773308

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400683619