Replay : classic modern drama reimagined / Toby Zinman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zinman, Toby Silverman, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, [2015]

Summary:

Replay: Classic Modern Drama Reimagined spans over a century of great theatre to explore how iconic plays have been adapted and versioned by later writers to reflect or dissect the contemporary zeitgeist. Starting with A Doll''s House, Ibsen''s much-reprised masterpiece of marital relations from 1879, Toby Zinman explores what made the play so controversial and shocking in its day before tracing how later reimaginings have reworked Ibsen''s original. The spine of plays then includes such landmark works as Strindberg''s Miss Julie, Oscar Wilde''s comic The Importance of Being Earnest, Chekhov

Contents:

Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Woyzeck, 1836; Notable productions; Replays; A brief list of exotic replays; PART ONE "You can be better!"; 1 Henrik Ibsen; A Doll's House, 1879; Notable productions; Replays; Hedda Gabler, 1890; Replays; 2 George Bernard Shaw; Pygmalion, 1916; Replays; Films; 3 Bertolt Brecht; Mother Courage and Her Children, 1939; Replays; 4 Harley Granville Barker; The Voysey Inheritance, 1905; Replay; Farewell to the Theatre, 1916; Replay; 5 Terence Rattigan

The Winslow Boy, 1946 The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Vol. One (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953)Replays; The Browning Version, 1948, The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Vol. Two (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953); The Sleeping Prince, 1953; 6 Arthur Miller; Death of a Salesman, 1948; Notable stage productions; Replays; 7 Lorraine Hansberry; A Raisin in the Sun, 1959; Replays; PART TWO "Nothing to be done"; 8 August Strindberg; Miss Julie, 1888; Replays; The Dance of Death, 1900; 9 Oscar Wilde; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895; Replays; Biographical replays; 10 Anton Chekhov

Uncle Vanya, 1897Replays; Film replays; The Three Sisters, 1900; Replays; Film adaptations; Composite Chekhov; 11 Thornton Wilder; Our Town, 1938 (New York: Harper Row, 1985); Replays; 12 Tennessee Williams; A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947; Film; Replays; 13 Eugene Ionesco; The Chairs, 1951; 14 Samuel Beckett; Waiting for Godot, 1953; Replays; The prison productions; Parodies; Conclusion; Alphabetical Listing of Playwrights, Plays and Productions; General Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781408182703

140818270X

9781408182710

1408182718