Rustic Creations

The Marriage of Contraries

Author	: J. L. Wisenthal
Publisher	: Harvard University Press
Release Date	: 1974
ISBN 10	: 0674550854
Pages	: 284 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (54 users)

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Download or read book The Marriage of Contraries written by J. L. Wisenthal and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reading of Bernard Shaw focuses on his habit of seeing the world in terms of contraries, a habit related to his basic rejection of absolutes, his distaste for finality. The author examines nine of Shaw's finest plays: Man and Superman, Major Barbara, John Bull's Other Island, The Doctor's Dilemma, Pygmalion, Misalliance, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, and Back to Methuselah. The book takes seriously Shaw's claim that all of his characters are "right from their several points of view." We are compelled to respect the qualities and values of opposing and very different characters in these plays, and we also have a sense of their complementary defects. J. L. Wisenthal's commentary sheds light on Shaw's techniques of portrayal as well as his dialectical habit of mind. This finely written essay is for all lovers of Shaw and the theater.

Heartbreak House

Author	: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher	: Penguin UK
Release Date	: 2005-06-30
ISBN 10	: 9780141914817
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (148 users)

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Download or read book Heartbreak House written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ellie Dunn joins a house-party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain's forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman's choice. Opinion on the matter quickly divides and a lively argument about money and morality, idealism and realism ensues as Hesione's rakish husband, snobbish sister and Ellie's fiancé - a wealthy industrialist - enter the debate. Written between 1916 and 1917 as war raged across Europe, Heartbreak House is a telling indictment of the generation responsible for the First World War. With its bold combination of high farce and bitter tragedy, Shaw's play remains an uncannily prophetic depiction of a society on the threshold of an abrupt awakening.

British and Irish Political Drama in the Twentieth Century

Author	: D. Rabey
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 1986-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9781349211067
Pages	: 237 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (11 users)

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Download or read book British and Irish Political Drama in the Twentieth Century written by D. Rabey and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bernard Shaw's Marriages and Misalliances

Author	: Robert A. Gaines
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2017-10-25
ISBN 10	: 9781349951703
Pages	: 229 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (517 users)

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Download or read book Bernard Shaw's Marriages and Misalliances written by Robert A. Gaines and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines the insights of thirteen Shavian scholars as they examine the themes of marriage, relationships and partnerships throughout all of Bernard Shaw’s major works. It also connects Shaw’s own experiences of love and marriage to the themes that emerge in his works, showing how his personal relationships in and out of matrimonial bonds change the ways his characters enter and exit marriages and misalliances. While providing a wealth of new analysis, this collection of essays also leaves lingering questions for the reader to spark continuing dialogue in both individual and academic settings.

Shaw and Other Matters

Author	: Stanley Weintraub
Publisher	: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date	: 1998
ISBN 10	: 157591008X
Pages	: 236 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (8 users)

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Download or read book Shaw and Other Matters written by Stanley Weintraub and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the influence of scholar-teacher Stanley Weintraub on his students, Shaw and Other Matters reflects the scope of that influence in its concern with a variety of literary figures - from Shaw to Joe Orton - and of topics such as war memoirs and golem/robots. The variety is there, as well, in the approaches to the subjects: Rodelle Weintraub's dream analysis of Arms and the Man; Julie Sparks's comparison of Shaw with Bellamy, Morris, and Bulwer-Lytton as world "betterers"; Michael Pharand's evaluation of Shaw's changing views of Napoleon; Kinley Roby's tracing of Shaw's exchanges of views on playwriting with Arnold Bennett; and Kay Li's archetypal exploration of characters in Heartbreak House.

Mirrors of Our Playing

Author	: Thomas R. Whitaker
Publisher	: University of Michigan Press
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 047211025X
Pages	: 332 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (5 users)

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Download or read book Mirrors of Our Playing written by Thomas R. Whitaker and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the major paradigms that have influenced modern English-speaking theater

Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan

Author	: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2021
ISBN 10	: 9780198793281
Pages	: 545 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (932 users)

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Download or read book Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan written by George Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre.Pygmalion (1912) was a world-wide smash hit from the time of its premiere in Vienna 1913 and it has remained popular to this day. Shaw was awarded an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of the film adaptation. It was, of course, later made into the much-loved musical My Fair Lady.Heartbreak House (1917), which was finally performed in 1920 and published in 1921, bares the hallmarks of European modernism and a formal break from Shaw's previous work. A meditation on the war and the resultant decline in European aristocratic culture, it was perhaps staged too soon after theconflict; indeed, it did not have the success of his earlier works, which was likely due to his experimental aesthetics combined with a war-weary audience that sought lighter fare. However, while this contemporary reception was muted, it is now recognised as a modernist masterpiece.Saint Joan (1923) marked Shaw's resurrection and apotheosis. The first major work written of Joan of Arc after her canonization (1920), the play interrogates the origins of European nationalism in the post-war era. Like Pygmalion, it was an immediate world-wide hit and secured Shaw the Nobel Prizefor Literature in 1925. Drawing upon the transcripts of Joan's trial, Shaw blended his trademark wit to produce a hybrid genre of comedy and history play. Despite the historical setting, Saint Joan is highly accessible and continues to delight audiences.

Bernard Shaw

Author	: Daniel Dervin
Publisher	: Bucknell University Press
Release Date	: 1975
ISBN 10	: 0838714188
Pages	: 358 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (88 users)

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Download or read book Bernard Shaw written by Daniel Dervin and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings literary criticism into better alignment with modern psychology, particularly psychoanalysis, in order to advance a truly integral view of the author, his work, and the creative process.

Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century

Author	: Christopher Innes
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2002-11-28
ISBN 10	: 0521016754
Pages	: 604 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (54 users)

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Download or read book Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century written by Christopher Innes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-28 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Modern Voice

Author	: Catherine Weate
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2012-06-11
ISBN 10	: 9781849435376
Pages	: 312 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (353 users)

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Download or read book Modern Voice written by Catherine Weate and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Voice: Working with Actors on Contemporary Text has been designed to follow on from Catherine’s previous book, Classic Voice: Working with Actors on Vocal Style, focusing on the less defined demands within contemporary drama. Lifting contemporary speech rhythms off the page can be a challenge for actors. Sometimes these rhythms are realistic, resembling or mirroring the speech patterns of real human beings, sometimes they are non-realistic, distorting speech patterns for particular effect. Modern Voice not only provides an accessible approach for understanding speech rhythm but also presents an overview of different types and styles of contemporary text (including the rise of dramatic realism in England, America and Australia). Along the way there are a myriad of practical ideas for directors, lecturers, teachers, trainers and coaches to explore in their workshops and rehearsals.

The Performance of Power

Author	: Sue-Ellen Case
Publisher	: University of Iowa Press
Release Date	: 1991-05-01
ISBN 10	: 9781587290343
Pages	: 306 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (93 users)

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Download or read book The Performance of Power written by Sue-Ellen Case and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1991-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently in the field of theatre studies there has been an increasing amount of debate and dissonance regarding the borders of its territory, its methodologies, subject matter, and scholarly perspectives. The nature of this debate could be termed "political" and, in fact, concerns "the performance of power"—the struggle over power relations embedded in texts, methodologies, and the academy itself. This striking new collection of nineteen divergent essays represents this performance of power and the way in which the recent convergence of new critical theories with historical studies has politicized the study of the theatre. Neither play text, performance, nor scholarship and teaching can safely reside any longer in the "free," politically neutral, self-signifying realm of the aesthetic. Politicizing theatrical discourse means that both the hermeneutics and the histories of theatre reveal the role of ideology and power dynamics. New strategies and concepts—and a vital new phase of awareness—appear in these illuminating essays. A variety of historical periods, from the Renaissance through the Victorian and up to the most contemporary work of the Wooster group, illustrate the ways in which contemporary strategies do not require contemporary texts and performances but can combine with historical methods and subjects to produce new theatrical discourse.

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw

Author	: Christopher Innes
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 1998-09-24
ISBN 10	: 9781139825566
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (255 users)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw written by Christopher Innes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing on both the political and theatrical context, while the extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. In addition to situating Shaw's work in its own time, the Companion demonstrates its continuing relevance, and applies some of the newest critical approaches. Topics include Shaw and the publishing trade, Shaw and feminism, and Shaw and the Empire, as well as analyses of the early plays, discussion plays and history plays.

The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 10: 1910-1940: The Modern Movement

Author	: Chris Baldick
Publisher	: OUP Oxford
Release Date	: 2005-11-10
ISBN 10	: 9780191537127
Pages	: 496 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (371 users)

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Download or read book The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 10: 1910-1940: The Modern Movement written by Chris Baldick and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and the ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers. This exciting new volume provides a freshly inclusive account of literature in England in the period before, during, and after the First World War. Chris Baldick places the modernist achievements of Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce within the rich context of non-modernist writings across all major genres, allowing 'high' literary art to be read against the background of 'low' entertainment. Looking well beyond the modernist vanguard, Baldick highlights the survival and renewal of realist traditions in these decades of post-Victorian disillusionment. Ranging widely across psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, and children's books, The Modern Movement provides a unique survey of the literature of this turbulent time.

The Modern Movement

Author	: Chris Baldick
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: 9780198183105
Pages	: 496 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (831 users)

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Download or read book The Modern Movement written by Chris Baldick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. "This new volume provides an inclusive account of literature in England in the period before, during, and after the First World War. Chris Baldick places the modernist achievements of Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, and James Joyce within the rich context of non-modernist writings across all major genres, allowing high literary art to be read against the background of 'low' entertainment. Ranging widely across psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, and children's books, The Modern Movement provides a unique survey of the literature of this turbulent time."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Shaw

Author	: Fred D. Crawford
Publisher	: Penn State Press
Release Date	: 1995-06-21
ISBN 10	: 0271014229
Pages	: 296 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (29 users)

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Download or read book Shaw written by Fred D. Crawford and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1995-06-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annual edition of new studies of Shaw's life, influence and work.

Sex, Suffrage and the Stage

Author	: Leslie Hill
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2018-06-16
ISBN 10	: 9781137509239
Pages	: 230 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (92 users)

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Download or read book Sex, Suffrage and the Stage written by Leslie Hill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the 100-year anniversary of women's suffrage, Leslie Hill provides a fascinating survey of the history of first wave feminism in British theatre, from the London premiere of Ibsen's A Doll's House in 1889 through the militant suffrage movement. Hill's approachable overview explores some of the pivotal ways in which theatre makers both engaged with and influenced feminist discourse on topics such as sexual agency, reproductive rights, marriage equality, financial independence and suffrage. Clear and concise, this is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre and performance studies taking courses on Women in Theatre and Performance, Staging Feminism, Early Feminist Theatre, Theatre and Suffrage, Gender and Theatre, Political Theatre and Performance Historiography. This text will also appeal to scholars, lecturers, and Literature students.

On Directing

Author	: Harold Clurman
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 1997-04-03
ISBN 10	: 9780684826226
Pages	: 342 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (262 users)

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Download or read book On Directing written by Harold Clurman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-04-03 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated director discusses the techniques of his craft and presents his own directing notes for ten major productions