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Mirrors of our playing : paradigms and presences in modern drama

Title
Mirrors of our playing : paradigms and presences in modern drama / Thomas R. Whitaker.
Author
Whitaker, Thomas R.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.

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Description
viii, 309 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Theater--theory/text/performance
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.
Contents
Playing with the playboy: Synge and tradition -- The music of serious farce: Wilde, Shaw, Orton, and Stoppard -- Communities of heartbreak: from Chekhov and Shaw to Friel and Smith -- Playing hell: Sartre, Beckett, Genet, and Pinter -- The presence of Byron -- Wham, bam, thank you Sam -- Soyinka's roads to the abyss -- Brook and the purpose of playing -- Afterword: Angels in America -- Works cited -- Index.
Call Number
JFE 99-14230
ISBN
047211025X (acid-free paper)
LCCN
98058110
OCLC
40498152
Author
Whitaker, Thomas R.
Title
Mirrors of our playing : paradigms and presences in modern drama / Thomas R. Whitaker.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.
Series
Theater--theory/text/performance
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 99-14230
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