Share
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd Paperback: Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd v. 2 (Modern Drama in Theory & Practice) (in English)
John L. Styan (Author)
·
Cambridge University Press
· Paperback
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd Paperback: Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd v. 2 (Modern Drama in Theory & Practice) (in English) - John L. Styan
$ 42.04
$ 46.99
You save: $ 4.95
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My WishlistsIt will be shipped from our warehouse between
Monday, June 24 and
Tuesday, June 25.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd Paperback: Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd v. 2 (Modern Drama in Theory & Practice) (in English)"
This book was first published in 1981. The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume, disseminated by the work of Appia and Craig, and affecting the later plays of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, and Lugné-Poe's Théatre de Le'Oeuvre. Jarry is seen as the precursor of surrealism; later symbolist elements are found in the plays of Claudel, Giraudoux, Yeats, Eliot, Lorca and Pirandello. Artaud's theatre of cruelty is related to the work of Peter Brook. The theatre of the absurd is illustrated in Sartre, Beckett, Pinter and Ionesco. Recent avant-garde theatre in America and Britain also reveals elements of symbolism.