Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama |
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Author:
| Cohn, Ruby |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-10693-1 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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Ruby Cohn assumes realism to be the dominant mode in English theatre since 1956, the year of John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger. She argues, however, that the most provocative plays of the last few decades have departed from realism and she traces certain patterns of departure which are familiar in the long tradition of English drama.
Ruby Cohn assumes realism to be the dominant mode in English theatre since 1956, the year of John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger. She argues, however, that the most provocative plays of the last few decades have departed from realism and she traces certain patterns of departure which are familiar in the long tradition of English drama.