J. O. Francis, Realist Drama and Ethics
Subtitle: Culture, Place and Nation
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press; University of Wales Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781783160709
Subjects: Drama (dramatic works by one author)
Description: This book introduces readers to the work of the neglected Welsh dramatist J. O. Francis, a major figure in amateur dramatic circles in Wales during the early twentieth century. Alyce von Rothkirch argues that Francis's work displays a particular ethical response to Wales that aims at a realistic depiction of the nation without subscribing to widely available stereotypes. Francis's work has been foundational for drama writing in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and is here for the first time analyzed in its context of Welsh amateur drama. -- Provided by publisher.