Select Religious Figures in History and Their Political Impacts as Dramatized in Major Mid 20th Century English Plays in their Contexts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798902963783)

In an era of religious fanaticism, this book addresses the issue by showing the many ways in which several Mid 20th Century Playwrights dramatise the troubled contributions of great religious l figures in history..The Plays selected for analysis -by Osborne, Bolt, Whiting and Arden-dramatize the interaction of these past religious figures with their political ethos and sees them in the broad context of the tradition of modern drama.