Dennis Kennedy

Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first full treatment of Harley Granville Barker's active work in the theatre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780521379960
• ISBN-10: 0521379962
• Artikelnr.: 25686423

Autorenporträt

Dennis Kennedy was born in Cincinnati, studied in California and Oxford, and is the Samuel Beckett Professor of Drama (Emeritus) at Trinity College Dublin. A member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Academia Europaea, he has published a number of award-winning books on literary and theatrical subjects with Oxford and Cambridge university presses. He has also worked internationally as a playwright and director, and his novel Fossil Light appeared in 2023. dennis-kennedy.com

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Dreaming a Theatre
2. Creating a New Drama
3. The Court productions
4. Shaw's natural son
5. The man of affairs
6. The limits of naturalism
7. Shakespeare alive
8. A wide-awake dream
9. Opening the stage
10. Ploughing the sands: the dream of a national theatre
Appendix
Notes
References
Index.