{"product_id":"9781472570383","title":"Theatre of D.H. Lawrence Dramatic Modernist and Theatrical Innovator","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Companions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTheatre of D.H. Lawrence\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDramatic Modernist and Theatrical Innovator\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames Moran | Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. | Patrick Lonergan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first major book-length study for four decades to examine the plays written by D. H. Lawrence, and the first ever book to give an in-depth analysis of Lawrence's interaction with the theatre industry during the early twentieth century.  It connects and examines his performance texts, and explores his reaction to a wide-range of theatre (from the sensation dramas of working-class Eastwood to the ritual performances of the Pueblo people) in order to explain Lawrence's contribution to modern drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e F. R. Leavis influentially labelled the writer 'D. H. Lawrence: Novelist'. But this book foregrounds Lawrence's career as a playwright, exploring unfamiliar contexts and manuscripts, and drawing particular attention to his three most successful works: \u003ci\u003eThe Widowing of Mrs Holroyd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daughter-in-Law\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Collier's Friday Night\u003c\/i\u003e. It examines how Lawrence's novels are suffused with theatrical thinking, revealing how Lawrence's fictions – from his first published work to the last story that he wrote before his death – continually take inspiration from the playhouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book also argues that, although Lawrence has sometimes been dismissed as a restrictively naturalistic stage writer, his overall oeuvre shows a consistent concern with theatrical experiment, and manifests affinities with the dramatic thinking of modernist figures including Brecht, Artaud, and Joyce. In a final section, the book includes contributions from influential theatre-makers who have taken their own cue from Lawrence's work, and who have created original work that consciously follows Lawrence in making working-class life central to the public forum of the theatre stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames Moran\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Drama in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Seán O'Casey \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013). His other books include: \u003ci\u003eStaging the Easter Rising \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), and as editor \u003ci\u003eFour Irish Rebel Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 November 2015\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\u003e9781472570383\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\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332400578700,"sku":"9781472570383","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0f902984-2d81-4d1f-b490-ed0ce6e7e49d.jpg?v=1783603169","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472570383","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}