1st Edition
The Bible and Modern British Drama From 1930 to the Present Day
By Mary F. Brewer
Copyright 2020
208 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Bible and Modern British Drama: 1930 to the Present Day is the first full-length study to explore how playwrights in the modern period have adapted popular biblical stories, such as Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, and the life and death of Jesus, for the stage. The book offers detailed and accessible interpretations of the work of well-known dramatists such as... Read more
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. James Bridie’s Apocryphal Plays 2. Laurence Housman’s Biblical Drama 3. Christopher Fry’s Old Testament Drama and Replacement Theology 4. From Dogma to Doubt: Dorothy L. Sayers’s The Man Born to be King and Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Origins of Christianity Reassessed 6. Bible, Church, Nation and Theatre Afterword Works Cited Index
Biography
Mary F. Brewer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, where she teaches English and American literature and drama.
