Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Seiten
2008
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-9554-9 (ISBN)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-9554-9 (ISBN)
Offering coverage of a range of key plays throughout modern drama, this guides include accounts of performance history, production analysis, screen adaptations and summaries of important critical approaches and debates. It also gives students a detailed analysis of the play's structure, style, and characters.
Every day, in some part of the world, an Arthur Miller play is performed.In the nearly 60 years since its first production, the Pulitzer Prizewinning Death of a Salesman has been become a classic, a staple of school anthologies of American literature and of acting companies' repertoires. It has received worldwide productions, whether as a study of parent-child relationships, as in its landmark 1976 production directed by Miller in Beijing, or as a critique of Western capitalism and has been filmed once for television and twice for movies.
Every day, in some part of the world, an Arthur Miller play is performed.In the nearly 60 years since its first production, the Pulitzer Prizewinning Death of a Salesman has been become a classic, a staple of school anthologies of American literature and of acting companies' repertoires. It has received worldwide productions, whether as a study of parent-child relationships, as in its landmark 1976 production directed by Miller in Beijing, or as a critique of Western capitalism and has been filmed once for television and twice for movies.
Peter L. Hays is Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Davis, USA. Kent Nicholson is an award winning theatre director and is New Works Director for TheatreWorks. He serves on the board of directors of The Playwrights Foundation and The National Alliance for Musical Theater.
Series Preface; 1. Background and Context; 2. Analysis and Commentary; 3. Production History of Death of a Salesman; 4. Workshopping the Play (by Kent Nicholson); 5. Conclusion; References; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2008 |
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Reihe/Serie | Modern Theatre Guides |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 148 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8264-9554-0 / 0826495540 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8264-9554-9 / 9780826495549 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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