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Modern British playwriting. The 1950s : voices, documents, new interpretations / David Pattie

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Pattie, David, 1963-
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1950s : voices, documents, new interpretations
Published
London : Methuen Drama, 2012.
Physical Description
xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: Britain 1945-60: managing the peace -- Britain 1945-60: culture and society -- 1.The British Theatre 1945-60 -- The British stage 1945-60: the theatre industry -- The state and the theatre -- Repertory theatre in the 1950s -- The British stage 1945-60: the writers' revolution -- Censors and critics -- Before the revolution: 1945-56 -- Verse drama -- Priestley and Coward -- Ackland and Whiting -- The main engagement 1955-60: Beckett and Brecht -- Beckett -- Brecht -- The main engagement 1955-60: new British theatres -- The ESC -- Theatre Workshop -- The situation is confused: entering the 1960s -- 2.Introducing the Playwrights -- Introduction -- T. S. Eliot (1888-1949): faith, fragmentation and tradition -- Terence Rattigan (1911-46): the commercial stage -- John Osborne (1929-56): the fatality of hatred -- Arnold Wesker (1932-58): `I could add to what was happening' -- 3.Playwrights and Plays -- T. S. Eliot: plays of the 1950s / Sarah Bay-Cheng -- The Cocktail Party -- The Confidential Clerk -- The Elder Statesman -- Conclusion -- Terence Rattigan: private lives and public lives -- Aunt Edna -- The private and the public -- The Winslow Boy -- The Browning Version -- The Deep Blue Sea -- Separate Tables -- The private revolution -- John Osborne: the drama of emotions / Luc Gilleman -- Osborne in the 1950s -- Look Back in Anger -- The Entertainer -- Luther -- In the anguish of his spirit -- Arnold Wesker: the trilogy / John Bull -- Introduction -- Chicken Soup with Barley -- Roots -- I'm Talking About Jerusalem -- Conclusion -- 4.Documents -- The golden age -- Tynan and Hobson -- Beckett and Brecht -- The Royal Court and the new drama -- Theatre Workshop -- Afterword -- Terence Rattigan (1956-77): I have tried to keep pace -- John Osborne (1961-94): watch it come down -- Arnold Wesker (1960-): what could be my crime?.
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9781408181973 (hbk.)
1408181975 (hbk.)
9781408129272 (pbk.)
1408129272 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index.
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