The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-4108-6 (ISBN)
Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and forms The 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre, with particular attention to the last 100 years. The first part of the volume covers Scottish drama from the earliest records to the late twentieth-century literary revival, as well as translation in Scottish theatre and non-theatrical drama. The second part focuses on the work of influential Scottish playwrights, from J. M. Barrie and James Bridie to Ena Lamont Stewart, Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan and right up to contemporary playwrights Anthony Neilson, Gregory Burke, Henry Adams and Douglas Maxwell. Key Features * Provides a thorough overview of Scottish theatre from the earliest days to the present * Deals with play texts as well as with the key contexts and themes of drama and theatre over the years * Provides insights into the work of leading Scottish playwrights, including the new generations since the 1970s * Written for students and theatre-lovers alike
Ian Brown is Professor in Drama at Kingston University. He is General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and Series Editor of The Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature, co-editing the volume on the twentieth century (2009) and on drama (due out in 2011). Randall Stevenson is Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature. Major publications include Modernist Fiction (1998); The Oxford English Literary History vol.12, 1960-2000: The Last of England? (2004); and The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Literatures in English (2006). He is also General Editor of the forthcoming Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain. Michael Newton is Assistant Professor of Celtic Studies at the St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia
Introduction Ian Brown 1Scottish drama until 1650 Sarah Carpenter 2Public and private performance: 1650-1800 Ian Brown 3Folk Drama in Gaelic Scotland Michael Newton 4The National Drama and the Nineteenth Century Barbara Bell 5Twentieth-Century Popular Theatre Paul Maloney 6Drama, Language, and Late Twentieth-Century Literary Revival Randall Stevenson 7History in Contemporary Scottish Theatre David Archibald 8Translated Drama in Scotland John Corbett 9J.M. Barrie R.D.S. Jack 10The Mid-Century Dramatists Donald Smith 11James Bridie, Theatre and Scotland Gerard Carruthers 12Poets in the Theatre: Ure, Kay, Conn, Morgan Anne Varty 13Women playwrights from the 1970s and 1980s Tom Maguire 14The Traverse, 1985-1997: Arnott, Clifford, Hannan, Harrower, Greig and Greenhorn Steve Cramer 15Liz Lochhead Ksenija Horvat 16Identity and Difference in Post-Devolutionary Drama Trish Reid 17The Experience and Contexts of Drama in Scotland David Hutchison Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index
Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature |
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Co-Autor | John Corbett, Randall Stevenson, Michael Newton, David Archibald |
Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 385 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7486-4108-4 / 0748641084 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7486-4108-6 / 9780748641086 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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