Four French Plays of the Twentieth Century
Title | Four French Plays of the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Mansfield Grant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | French drama |
ISBN |
Four French Plays of the Twentieth Century
Title | Four French Plays of the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Mansfield Grant |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Four French Plays
Title | Four French Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Racine |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0141392096 |
The 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed new Penguin translations by John Edmunds and with editorial apparatus by Joseph Harris. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the defining period of French theatre. In Corneille's Cinna (1640), absolute power is explored in ancient Rome, while Molière's The Misanthrope (1666), the only comedy in this collection, sees its anti-hero outcast for his refusal to conform to social conventions. Here also are two key plays by Racine: Andromache (1667), recounting the tragedy of Hector's widow after the Trojan War, and Phaedre (1677), showing a mother crossing the bounds of love with her son. This translation of Phaedra was originally broadcast on Radio Three with a cast including Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and was praised by playwright Harold Pinter. This is the first time it has been published. The edition also includes an introduction by Joseph Harris, genealogical tables, pronunciation guides, critiques and prefaces, as well as a chronology and suggested further reading. After a varied career as an actor, teacher, and BBC TV national newsreader, John Edmunds became the founder-director of Aberystwyth University's department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. Joseph Harris is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Hidden Agendas: Cross-Dressing in Seventeenth-Century France (2005).
The Cambridge History of French Literature
Title | The Cambridge History of French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | William Burgwinkle |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 823 |
Release | 2011-02-24 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521897866 |
The most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
Title | Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections PDF eBook |
Author | John Henry Ottemiller |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 833 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0810877201 |
The standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections has undergone seven previous editions, the latest in 1988, covering 1900 through 1985. In this new edition, Denise Montgomery has expanded the volume to include collections published in the entire English-speaking world through 2000 and beyond. This new volume lists more than 3,500 new plays and 2,000 new authors, as well as birth and/or death information for hundreds of authors. Representing the largest expansion between editions, this updated volume is a valuable resource for libraries worldwide.
... Twentieth Century Dramas
Title | ... Twentieth Century Dramas PDF eBook |
Author | Florence Elizabeth Foshay |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN |
The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century
Title | The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Beatrix Hesse |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2015-08-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 113746304X |
This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.