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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR736 .W53 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 309 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Theater--theory/text/performance
- Subject
- 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.
- ISBN
- 047211025X (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 98058110
- OCLC
- ocm40498152
- SCSB-14533424
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library