Modern Drama in Theory and Practice, Volume 1: Realism and Naturalism
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction, History & Criticism


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Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.57 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0521296281
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521296285
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print length: 224 pages
Publication date: July 29, 1983
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review: Editorial Reviews Book Description This 1981 volume begins with the French revolt against naturalism in theatre and then covers the European realist movement. From the Back Cover This volume begins with the naturalistic revolt in France against traditional styles of theatre. As realism becomes a European movement the account moves from Paris to the Meiningen company and Ibsen's work as producer and play-wright in Oslo, Chekhov's in Moscow, Shaw's in London, Synge's in Dublin. Among the producers are Antoine, Brahm, Grein, Granville-Barker, Nemirovich-Danchenko and Stanislavsky. The early days of the Irish Dramatic Movement and the chief realistic directors and critics in the USA after Belasco are considered; the tradition is shown to persist in the work of Williams and Miller in the USA and Osborne and Bond in England.