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A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama, 1880 - 2005

Mary Luckhurst (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3204-9
Paperback
608 pages
March 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • An authoritative guide to modern British and Irish drama.

  • Analyses a broad range of plays in their political contexts.

  • Outlines the cultural, social, economic and institutional frameworks that readers require in order to appreciate the drama of this period.

  • Engages with theoretical discourses challenging a canon that has privileged London as well as white English males and realism.

  • Topics covered include: national, regional and fringe theatres; post-colonial stages and multiculturalism; feminist and queer theatres; sex and consumerism; technology and globalisation; representations of war, terrorism, and trauma.


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