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Author: John Arden Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408177242 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 149
Book Description
Set between 1860 and 1880, four deserters bring the body of a dead soldier back to his home town, a mining community in the grip of a coal strike and cut off by snow. Their leader, Serjeant Musgrave, plans to hold the town at gunpoint and confront its people with the realities of warfare. Arden's play questions the military principle of "Obey or suffer" and the cruelty and futility of war. Serjeant Musgrave's Dance was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959.This volume contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.
Author: John Arden Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408177242 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 149
Book Description
Set between 1860 and 1880, four deserters bring the body of a dead soldier back to his home town, a mining community in the grip of a coal strike and cut off by snow. Their leader, Serjeant Musgrave, plans to hold the town at gunpoint and confront its people with the realities of warfare. Arden's play questions the military principle of "Obey or suffer" and the cruelty and futility of war. Serjeant Musgrave's Dance was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959.This volume contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.
Author: John Arden Publisher: Heinemann International Incorporated ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 132
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This series presents a wide choice of 20th-century drama. The books offer scene-by-scene analysis, structured questions and assignment suggestions for GCSE. In this play, four deserting soldiers return to their North England home and attempt to turn their townspeople against war.
Author: John Arden Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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First performed in Glasgow in 1964, Arden's three act historical drama is in Scots dialect, with some verse and songs. Although a study of 16th century political intrigue on the Scottish border, it sheds new light on the experience of conscript soldiers at the tail end of colonialism in the 1960s, being partly inspired by contemporary events in the Congo.
Author: Maitland W. H Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781015778979 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Stuart Griffiths Publisher: ISBN: 9780953347612 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 0
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A standard work on play writing, this book has been steadily in demand in Britain, the USA and other countries around the world since its first publication by Heinemann Educational Books in 1982. Reprinted five times since, this book has indeed proved valuable not only for playwrights, but for many who are interested in the theatre, whether as students, teachers or playgoers. It is an expansion of the notes on play construction that the author originally wrote for writers when he joined BBC Television.
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