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- catalog abstract ""For centuries, theater has maintained a central role in the development and preservation of artistic, social, and political themes in society. Yet in recent decades, theater has taken an increasingly marginal role. In this book, Thomas R. Whitaker examines the reasons for the marginalization of this important and influential art form, considering not only histories of various dramatic forms, but also the individual histories of various playwrights and their times." "The whole of Mirrors of Our Playing is founded on the understanding that a play is a manifold mirror of the "playing" that is our lives; therefore, the play is shaped by a complex interaction between the paradigms that make up our view of the world and the reflection of these paradigms in the "mirror" that is the play." "Focusing on both script and performance, this book takes a fresh look at modern English-speaking drama, from its Anglo-Irish beginnings to its contemporary cross-fertilizations and international dispersals. It shows how our most important theater has been shaped in accord with several major paradigms, and it examines four notable presences in that theater - Lord Byron, Samuel Beckett, Wole Soyinka, and Peter Brook."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11375207.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""For centuries, theater has maintained a central role in the development and preservation of artistic, social, and political themes in society. Yet in recent decades, theater has taken an increasingly marginal role. In this book, Thomas R. Whitaker examines the reasons for the marginalization of this important and influential art form, considering not only histories of various dramatic forms, but also the individual histories of various playwrights and their times." "The whole of Mirrors of Our Playing is founded on the understanding that a play is a manifold mirror of the "playing" that is our lives; therefore, the play is shaped by a complex interaction between the paradigms that make up our view of the world and the reflection of these paradigms in the "mirror" that is the play." "Focusing on both script and performance, this book takes a fresh look at modern English-speaking drama, from its Anglo-Irish beginnings to its contemporary cross-fertilizations and international dispersals. It shows how our most important theater has been shaped in accord with several major paradigms, and it examines four notable presences in that theater - Lord Byron, Samuel Beckett, Wole Soyinka, and Peter Brook."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.".
- catalog description "Playing with the playboy: Synge and tradition -- The music of serious farce: Wilde, Shaw, Orton, and Stoppard -- Communities of heartbreak: from Chekhov and Shaw to Friel and Smith -- Playing hell: Sartre, Beckett, Genet, and Pinter -- The presence of Byron -- Wham, bam, thank you Sam -- Soyinka's roads to the abyss -- Brook and the purpose of playing -- Afterword: Angels in America -- Works cited -- Index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 309 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Mirrors of our playing.".
- catalog identifier "047211025X (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mirrors of our playing.".
- catalog isPartOf "Theater--theory/text/performance".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Mirrors of our playing.".
- catalog subject "822/.91509 21".
- catalog subject "English drama 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)".
- catalog subject "PR736 .W53 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Playing with the playboy: Synge and tradition -- The music of serious farce: Wilde, Shaw, Orton, and Stoppard -- Communities of heartbreak: from Chekhov and Shaw to Friel and Smith -- Playing hell: Sartre, Beckett, Genet, and Pinter -- The presence of Byron -- Wham, bam, thank you Sam -- Soyinka's roads to the abyss -- Brook and the purpose of playing -- Afterword: Angels in America -- Works cited -- Index.".
- catalog title "Mirrors of our playing : paradigms and presences in modern drama / Thomas R. Whitaker.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".