{"product_id":"9781408181973","title":"Modern British Playwriting: The 1950s Voices, Documents, New Interpretations","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDecades of Modern British Playwriting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eModern British Playwriting: The 1950s\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVoices, Documents, New Interpretations\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Pattie | John Bull | Sarah Bay-Cheng | Luc Gilleman | Richard Boon | Philip Roberts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of\u003ci\u003e Modern British Playwriting\u003c\/i\u003e series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern British Playwriting: The 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e provides an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of the theatre of the decade together with a detailed study of the work of T.S Eliot (by Sarah Bay-Cheng) , Terence Rattigan (David Pattie), John Osborne (Luc Gilleman) and Arnold Wesker (John Bull). The volume sets the context by providing a chronological survey of the 1950s, a period when Britain was changing rapidly and the very fabric of an apparently stable society seemed to be under threat. It explores the crisis in the theatrical climate and activity in the first part of the decade and the shift as the theatre began to document the unease in society, before documenting the  early life of the four principal playwrights studied in the volume. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour scholars provide detailed examinations of the playwrights' work during the decade, combining an analysis of their plays with a study of other material such as early play drafts, interviews and the critical receptions of the time. An Afterword reviews what the writers went on to do and provides a summary evaluation of their contribution to British theatre from the perspective of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDavid Pattie\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Drama at the University of Chester, UK. Series editors: \u003cb\u003eRichard Boon\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor of Drama, the University of Hull, UK, and \u003cb\u003ePhilip Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 December 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408181973\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327482470540,"sku":"9781408181973","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408181973","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}