Post-war British drama

Description:

In this extensively revised and updated edition of her classic work, Look Back in Gender, Michelene Wandor confirms the symbiotic relationship between drama and gender in a provocative look at key, representative British plays from the last fifty years. Repositioning the text at the heart of theatre studies, Wandor surveys plays by Ayckbourn, Beckett, Churchill, Daniels, Friel, Hare, Kane, Osborne, Pinter, Ravenhill, Wertenbaker, Wesker and others. Her nuanced argument, central to any analysis of contemporary drama, discusses: *the imperative of gender in the playwright's imagination * *the function of gender as a major determinant of the text's structural and narrative drives *the impact of socialism and feminisim on post-war British drama, and the relevance of feminist dynamics in drama *differences in the representation of the fmaily, sexuality and the mother, before and after 1968 *the impact of the slogan that the 'personal is political' on contemporary form and content.

subjects: History and criticism,  History,  Feminism and literature,  Literature and society,  English drama,  Sex role in literature,  Influence,  World War, 1939-1945,  English Domestic drama,  Family in literature,  English Feminist drama,  Families in literature,  Art,  Nonfiction,  Performing Arts,  English drama, history and criticism, 20th century,  World war, 1939-1945, influence,  Théâtre anglais,  Histoire et critique,  Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature,  Littérature et société,  Histoire,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Familles dans la littérature,  DRAMA,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),  Drama,  Englisch,  Erotik,  Familie,  Geschlechterrolle,  Sexualität,  World war, 1939-1945

Places: Great Britain

Times: 20th century