Contemporary Drama and the Popular Dramatic Tradition in England

by Peter Davison

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349051793
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Edition description:	1st ed. 1982
Pages:	193
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

A companion piece to Davison's earlier study, Popular Appeal in English Drama to 1850, this is an excellent study of the authentic substance of popular dramatic entertainment, in particular the music hall tradition and its relationship to contemporary drama. Davison very convincingly demonstrates the indebtedness the nonrealistic drama of today owes to the techniques by which the music hall preserved and perfected the sense of wonder and theatricality in state entertainment....The book is a delight to read; it is eminently thorough in its scholarship; and it is a stimulating example of how to appreciate and comprehend the essence of theatricality.

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A companion piece to Davison's earlier study, Popular Appeal in English Drama to 1850, this is an excellent study of the authentic substance of popular dramatic entertainment, in particular the music hall tradition and its relationship to contemporary drama. Davison very convincingly demonstrates the indebtedness the nonrealistic drama of today owes to the techniques by which the music hall preserved and perfected the sense of wonder and theatricality in state entertainment....The book is a delight to read; it is eminently thorough in its scholarship; and it is a stimulating example of how to appreciate and comprehend the essence of theatricality.

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