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Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction

By University of Oxford) Shepherd-Barr Kirsten (University Lecturer in Modern Drama Faculty of English

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The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism. Spanning 1880 to the present, Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr shows how truly international a phenomenon modern drama has become, and how vibrant and diverse in both text and performance. This Very Short Introduction explores the major developments of modern drama, covering two decades per chapter, from early modernist theatre through post-war developments to more rece...Show more

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9780199658770

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Oxford University Press

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2016

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Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction

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