{"product_id":"first-world-war-plays-mark-rawlinson-9781472529893","title":"First World War Plays: Night Watches, Mine Eyes Have Seen, Tunnel Trench, Post Mortem, Oh What A Lovely War, The Accrington Pals, Sea and Land and Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe First World War (1914-1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literary legacy is vast: poetry, fiction and memoirs abound. But the drama of the period is rarely recognised, with only a handful of plays commonly associated with the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst World War Plays\u003c\/i\u003e draws together canonical and lesser-known plays from the First World War to the end of the twentieth century, tracing the ways in which dramatists have engaged with and resisted World War I in their works. Spanning almost a century of conflict, this anthology explores the changing cultural attitudes to warfare, including the significance of the war over time, interwar pacifism, and historical revisionism. The collection includes writing by combatants, as well as playwrights addressing historical events and national memory, by both men and women, and by writers from Great Britain and the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlays from the period, like \u003ci\u003eNight Watches\u003c\/i\u003e by Allan Monkhouse (1916), \u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen\u003c\/i\u003e by Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1918) and \u003ci\u003eTunnel Trench\u003c\/i\u003e by Hubert Griffith (1924), are joined with reflections on the war in \u003ci\u003ePost Mortem\u003c\/i\u003e by Noël Coward (1930, performed 1944) and \u003ci\u003eOh What A Lovely War\u003c\/i\u003e by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop (1963) as well as later works \u003ci\u003eThe Accrington Pals\u003c\/i\u003e by Peter Whelan (1982) and \u003ci\u003eSea and Land and Sky \u003c\/i\u003eby Abigail Docherty (2010). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by a general introduction by editor, Dr Mark Rawlinson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Rawlinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472529898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472529893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Rawlinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088342790399,"sku":"9781472529893","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d3f0279-52d9-44da-b96c-fd6d33b9175f.jpg?v=1769104329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-world-war-plays-mark-rawlinson-9781472529893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}