The Theatre of Revolt: Studies in modern drama from Ibsen to Genet: An Approach to Modern Drama

The Theatre of Revolt: Studies in modern drama from Ibsen to Genet: An Approach to Modern Drama

by RobertBrustein (Author)

Synopsis

In a new edition of this now-classic work, Robert Brustein argues that the roots of the modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Genet. Focusing on each of them in turn, Mr. Brustein considers the nature of their revolt, the methods employed in their plays, their influences on the modern drama, and the playwrights themselves. One of the standard and decisive books on the modern theater...It shows us the men behind the works,...what they wanted to write about and the private hell within each of them which led to the enduring works we continue to treasure. -New York Times Book Review. The best single collection of essays I know of on modern drama...remarkably fine and sensitive pieces of criticism. -Alvin,Kernan, Yale Review.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 452
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Ivan R Dee
Published: 01 Feb 1991

ISBN 10: 0929587537
ISBN 13: 9780929587530

Media Reviews
Provocative, persuasive, and eminently readable. Saturday Review The best single collection of essays I know on modern drama...remarkably fine and sensitive pieces of criticism. -- Alvin Kernan Yale Review One of the standard and decisive books on the modern theater. The New York Times
Author Bio
Robert Brustein, theatre critic for the New Republic and is the author of Cultural Calisthenics, Dumbocracy in America, The Siege of the Arts, and Reimagining American Theatre. He is also founder and artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University.