1st Edition
The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals)
By Austin E. Quigley
Copyright 1985
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Modern plays are strikingly diverse and, as a result, any attempt to locate an underlying unity between them encounters difficulties: to focus on what they have in common is often to overlook what is of primary importance in particular plays; to focus on their differences is to note the novelty of the plays without increasing their accessibility. In this study, first published in 1985, Austin E.... Read more
Introduction; Acknowledgements; Part I: A Critical Framework 1. Theatres and worlds 2. Marking and merging horizons 3. Reconciling worlds 4. Generalizing about worlds; Part II: The Plays 5. Pinero: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray 6. Ibsen: A Doll’s House 7. Strindberg: A Dream Pay 8. Brecht: Life of Galileo 9. Ionesco: The Chairs 10. Beckett: Krapp’s Last Tape 11. Pinter: Betrayal 12. Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index
Biography
Austin E. Quigley
