1st Edition

Mediations Essays on Brecht, Beckett, and the Media

By Martin Esslin Copyright 1980
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1980, Mediations supplements, extends, and deepens Martin Esslin’s earlier writings on Samuel Beckett and Bertolt Brecht. In the third section of this collection of essays, Esslin discusses the mass media as dramatic art and their effects – radio as a medium for drama; television’s insatiable appetite for artistic skills, its commercials, and its series, which he labels... Read more

Introduction 1. Brecht and his Background 2. Beckett 3. The Media A Note on Sources Index

Biography

Martin Esslin