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A short guide to modern British drama
Paperback Edition
101 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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March 4, 2023
This review was written for The Virginia Quarterly Review in 1983, upon the first publication of this brief reference guide.
An excellent idea hindered by a Procrustean format.
A clear, simple, brief historical survey of British drama 1956-1980, by perhaps its most pre-eminent scholar and practitioner, gives way to minimal accounts of 25 different plays from the same period, representative of the 25 different playwrights.
The first half is useful though taxonomic; the second half is uneven, unconnected, unsatisfying. The operant word is "short."
An excellent idea hindered by a Procrustean format.
A clear, simple, brief historical survey of British drama 1956-1980, by perhaps its most pre-eminent scholar and practitioner, gives way to minimal accounts of 25 different plays from the same period, representative of the 25 different playwrights.
The first half is useful though taxonomic; the second half is uneven, unconnected, unsatisfying. The operant word is "short."
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