Narrating the past through theatre: four crucial texts

Examining three influential historical adaptations that span the time frame of modern drama, this book delves into modern drama's sense and perception of time and its effect upon both the present and the future

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Beteilige Person: Bennett, Michael Y. 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Examining three influential historical adaptations that span the time frame of modern drama, this book delves into modern drama's sense and perception of time and its effect upon both the present and the future
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: modern drama and the translation of history's narratives -- Danton's memory : structural impossibilities in Büchner's Danton's death -- Salome's tale-Iokanaan's telling-Wilde's retelling : historical relativity and (un)specificity in Wilde's Salome -- Galileo's narrative : translating history's "conditions" in Brecht's Life of Galileo -- Conclusion: for all seasons--the particulars and universals of man in Bolt's A man for all seasons
Umfang:VII, 89 S.
ISBN:9781137275417