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Contains five new plays from France, )Agnes( by Catherine Anne, )Le Renaud De Nord( (The Northern Fox) by Noelle Renaud, )Mickey La Torche( (Mickey The Torch) by Natacha de Portcharra, )Une Envie De Tuer Sue Le Bout De La Langue( (An Itch To Kill) by Xavier Durringer, and )Encore Une Annee Pour Rien( (One More Wasted Year) by Chistopher Pellet.

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Paris has always exerted a magnetic force on artists. A natural haven for those fleeing the Russian Revolution in the early years of the twentieth century, it later offered safety to artists escaping oppressive regimes in Europe and farther afield. In recent years it has welcomed performers, artists and intellectuals from Middle and Far Eastern countries, from Africa and Latin America, offering strategies for the practice of theatre in a new E...

This book considers Holocaust plays 'in performance' and the legitimacy of presenting the Holocaust on the stage.

John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many University and Further Education departments and yet despite recognition of the central importance of McGrath's work, very little has been written about him. This is the first full-length study of his work. "Freedom's Pioneer illuminates the importance of John McGrath's role in the development of theatre, film and television in th...

This book considers Holocaust plays 'in performance' and the legitimacy of presenting the Holocaust on the stage.

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A detailed study of Moliere as playwright, director and actor, and his life and career, first published in 2006.

A detailed study of Moli re as playwright, director and actor, and his life and career.

Explores the impact of Waiting for Godot on the theatre and its many interpretations.

Jean Genet 's significance within twentieth-century theatre has long been understated. This timely book, the only introductory text in English to Genet 's plays currently in production, presents an overview of an influential and controversial writer whose work prefigured many recent postmodern and post-colonial developments in theatre and performance studies. The volume offers philosophical, historical, political and aesthetic readings of Gene...

David Bradby's study explores the impact of Waiting for Godot and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theater in society. After discussing the first productions in France, Britain and America, he examines subsequent productions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Israel, America, China and Japan. The book assesses interpretations by Bert Lahr and Ben Kingsley, as well as such directors as Roger Blin, Susan Sontag, Sir Peter Hall...

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century many forms of theatre have been called 'popular', but in the twentieth century the term 'popular drama' has taken on definite political overtones, often indicating a repudiation of 'commercial theatre'. But does that mean that political theatre is or tries to be more attractive to more people than commercial theatre? Does it conversely mean that commercial theatre has no political effects? The arti...

An updated account and comparison of the major traditions and tendencies in the French theatre from 1940 1990.

John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many University and Further Education departments and yet despite recognition of the central importance of McGrath's work, very little has been written about him. This is the first full-length study of his work. "Freedom's Pioneer illuminates the importance of John McGrath's role in the development of theatre, film and television in th...