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Never achieving the acclaim of Eugene O'Neill, who came before, or Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, who followed, Odets bridged the gap between earlier melodramatic theatre and the mature post-World War II drama on the American stage, creating rich and varied drama well into the 1950s.

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Cantor provides a close reading of 11 of Odets' plays as a whole, grounding his study within an analysis of themes common to each text. While granting emphasis to Odets' poetic style, Cantor gives due notice to Odets' achievements as both mythmaker and voice of the Jewish middle class.

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the approaches of Feminism, Reader Response Criticism, Deconstructionism, Chaos and Anti-Chaos Theory, Translation Theory, Formalism, Mythology, Perception Theory, and Gender Theory;

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This reference book sheds light on the achievement of African American female playwrights, both in the theatre and the literary world, including contemporary African American women dramatists within the circle of production, publication, and criticism.

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This work provides a wealth of information on obscure and overlooked American playwrights as well as some famous ones; Organized as an encyclopedia, it provides information on more than 600 noteworthy Black American playwrights whose plays have been written, produced, or published between 1950 and the present.

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Entries summarize the life, work, and critical reception of contemporary Jewish-American dramatists and poets. These writings also reflect a diversity of perspectives. Some poets, such as Allen Ginsberg, have attained fame and a large audience, while others have been recognised chiefly by scholars.

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A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeare's final Roman play -- .

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A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeare's final Roman play -- .

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With thematic consistency, the play presents the class conflict between Roman patricians and plebeians in terms of metaphors, images, and symbols of the human body and its basic needs for nourishment, love, and security. A chapter analyzes the play's themes and ideas, while another surveys the play's critical and scholarly reception.

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Volumes in this series trace the course of Shakespeare criticism, play-by-play, from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the beginnings of the modern period. The focus of the documentary material is from the early 18th century to the first half of the 20th century.

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A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Nol Coward's plays

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The book focuses on the interpretation of Shakespeare film adaptations in commercial film genres, from the classical Hollywood era to contemporary blockbuster cinema. Its genre-based analyses revisit old favourites and rediscover long-forgotten treasures of film history, taking adaptation studies in a new direction. -- .

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The book focuses on the interpretation of Shakespeare film adaptations in commercial film genres, from the classical Hollywood era to contemporary blockbuster cinema. Its genre-based analyses revisit old favourites and rediscover long-forgotten treasures of film history, taking adaptation studies in a new direction. -- .

Ten new volumes are now offered in the completely revised Pelican ShakespeareSeries.

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This study of the Italian Nobel playwright and master performer, Dario Fo, will be of interest to scholars and students of popular performance and contemporary European theatre. Dario Fo: Framing, Festival, and the Folkloric Imagination is an interdisciplinary study of Fo's us...

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This book offers a major critical appraisal of playwright Peter Barnes. It argues that many of his plays have remarkable contemporary relevance, and are formally far more innovative than has hitherto been recognised.

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In the last 30 years, David Hare has written 12 stage plays, seven screenplays and one opera, and has gained international attention as one of Britain's major contemporary playwrights.

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David Mamet is widely considered the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic language together with minimalist staging creates a postmodern combination which simultaneously pushes an audience in conflicting directions. This book presents a critical introduction to Mamet's modern college classic, "Oleanna".