Russell Jackson

Noel Coward

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Produktbeschreibung

combines a fresh appraisal of major plays by one of the twentieth century's most popular dramatists, with an account of critical and theatrical responses to his life and work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032331140
• ISBN-10: 1032331143
• Artikelnr.: 71704443

Autorenporträt

Russell Jackson is Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of Birmingham, UK. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (2007), Shakespeare Films in the Making (2007), Theatres on Film: How the Cinema Imagines the Stage (2013), Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (2014), Shakespeare in the Theatre: Trevor Nunn (2018), The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen (2020) and Noël Coward: The Playwright's Craft in a Changing Theatre (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Life
career
reputation 1. A Career in the theatre 2. Coward and the Critics 3. Comedy and convention: Hay Fever
Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit 4. Passion
transgression and sexuality: The Vortex
Semi-Monde
Private Lives
Design for Living and Still Life/Brief Encounter 5. Nostalgia
empire and class: Cavalcade
This Happy Breed
'Peace in Our Time'
Relative Values and South Sea Bubble Part 2: Key plays and productions 6. Degrees of decadence: The Vortex and Semi-Monde 7. Style
sex and violence: Private Lives 8. Variations on a 'daring play': Design for Living