Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 1, Realism and Naturalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521296281)

This 1981 volume begins with the naturalistic revolt in France against traditional styles of theatre. As realism becomes a European movement the account moves from Paris to the Meiningen company and Ibsen's work as producer and play-wright in Oslo, Chekhov's in Moscow, Shaw's in London, Synge's in Dublin. Among the producers are Antoine, Brahm, Grein, Granville-Baker, Nemirovich-Danchenko and Stanislavsky. The early days of the Irish Dramatic Movement and the chief realistic directors and critics in the USA after Belasco are considered; the tradition is shown to persist in the work of Williams and Miller in the USA and Osborne and Bond in England.

Author: J. L. Styan
ISBN-10: 0521296285
ISBN-13: 9780521296281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/09/1983
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.44w x 0.60d