Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / by Alex Feldman.

This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulat...

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Main Author: Feldman, Alexander, 1981-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27.
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505 0 |a Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. 
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