{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-dh-lawrence-james-moran-9781472570383","title":"The Theatre of D.H. Lawrence","description":"This is the first major book-length study for four decades to examine the plays written by D. H. Lawrence, and the first ever book to give an in-depth analysis of Lawrence's interaction with the theatre industry during the early twentieth century. It connects and examines his performance texts, and explores his reaction to a wide-range of theatre (from the sensation dramas of working-class Eastwood to the ritual performances of the Pueblo people) in order to explain Lawrence's contribution to modern drama.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e F. R. Leavis influentially labelled the writer 'D. H. Lawrence: Novelist'. But this book foregrounds Lawrence's career as a playwright, exploring unfamiliar contexts and manuscripts, and drawing particular attention to his three most successful works: \u003ci\u003eThe Widowing of Mrs Holroyd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daughter-in-Law\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Collier's Friday Night\u003c\/i\u003e. It examines how Lawrence's novels are suffused with theatrical thinking, revealing how Lawrence's fictions - from his first published work to the last story that he wrote before his death - continually take inspiration from the playhouse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book also argues that, although Lawrence has sometimes been dismissed as a restrictively naturalistic stage writer, his overall oeuvre shows a consistent concern with theatrical experiment, and manifests affinities with the dramatic thinking of modernist figures including Brecht, Artaud, and Joyce. In a final section, the book includes contributions from influential theatre-makers who have taken their own cue from Lawrence's work, and who have created original work that consciously follows Lawrence in making working-class life central to the public forum of the theatre stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472570383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472570383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"James Moran","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425274249471,"sku":"9781472570383","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a69f80d-0cfd-43a7-bd33-da405f08cfe2.jpg?v=1761538132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-dh-lawrence-james-moran-9781472570383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}