Author: Penrhy Vaughan ThomasPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 134
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The Plays of Eugene Brieux
Author: Penrhy Vaughan ThomasPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Damaged Goods The Great Play “Les Avaries” Of Eugene Brieux Novelized With The Approval Of The Author
Author: Upton SinclairPublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Delve into the powerful world of social drama with "Damaged Goods: The Great Play ‘Les Avariés’ of Eugene Brieux, Novelized with the Approval of the Author" by Upton Sinclair. This thought-provoking novel sheds light on one of the most controversial topics of its time: the consequences of sexual health negligence and societal ignorance. Adapted from Brieux's landmark play, Sinclair brings the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by individuals and society into sharp focus. How do we confront the devastating impact of a silent epidemic that no one dares to talk about? In this daring and emotional narrative, Sinclair tackles issues of shame, medical neglect, and the heavy burden of secrecy. The story follows the lives of individuals grappling with the effects of syphilis, a disease cloaked in stigma, and how their personal struggles reflect the broader societal indifference to public health. But here’s the real question: Can a society move forward if it refuses to address the very issues that silently tear it apart? Will the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, finally come to light, or will it remain hidden behind a veil of silence? "Damaged Goods" is not just a novel; it’s a call to action. Sinclair’s adaptation of Brieux’s play is a bold commentary on the dangers of ignoring uncomfortable truths and the urgent need for change. Are you ready to confront the harsh realities society hides? Order "Damaged Goods" today and witness a fearless exploration of one of the greatest social issues of the modern age.
The Social Plays of Arthur Wing Pinero
Author: Arthur Wing PineroPublisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism
Author: Catherine BurroughsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000815986
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers. Reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, the collection situates women’s writing within, and also reframes the field’s male-defined and male-dominated traditions. Its collection of documents demonstrates women’s consistent and wide-ranging engagement with writing about theatre and performance and offers a more expansive understanding of the forms and locations of such theoretical and critical writing, dealing with materials that often lie outside established production and publication venues. This alternative tradition of theatre writing that emerges allows contemporary readers to form new ways of conceptualizing the field, bringing to the fore a long-neglected, vibrant, intelligent, deeply informed, and expanded canon that generates a new era of scholarship, learning, and artistry. The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatrical Theory and Dramatic Criticism is an important intervention into the fields of Theatre and Performance Studies, Literary Studies, and Cultural History, while adding new dimensions to Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Theorizing Black Theatre
Author: Henry D. MillerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460148
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The rich history of African-American theatre has often been overlooked, both in theoretical discourse and in practice. This volume seeks a critical engagement with black theatre artists and theorists of the twentieth century. It reveals a comprehensive view of the Art or Propaganda debate that dominated twentieth century African-American dramatic theory. Among others, this text addresses the writings of Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Locke, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, Sidney Poitier, and August Wilson. Of particular note is the manner in which black theory collides or intersects with canonical theorists, including Aristotle, Keats, Ibsen, Nietzsche, Shaw, and O'Neill.
Forgotten Wives
Author: Ann OakleyPublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447355865
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Throughout history, records of women's lives and work have been lost through the pervasive assumption of male dominance. Wives, especially, disappear as supporters of their husbands’ work, as unpaid and often unacknowledged secretaries and research assistants, and as managers of men’s domestic domains; even intellectual collaboration tends to be portrayed as normative wifely behaviour rather than as joint work. Forgotten Wives examines the ways in which the institution and status of marriage has contributed to the active ‘disremembering’ of women’s achievements. Drawing on archives, biographies, autobiographies and historical accounts, best-selling author and academic Ann Oakley interrogates conventions of history and biography-writing using the case studies of four women married to well-known men – Charlotte Shaw, Mary Booth, Jeannette Tawney and Janet Beveridge. Asking critical questions about the mechanisms that maintain gender inequality, despite thriving feminist and other equal rights movements, she contributes a fresh vision of how the welfare state developed in the early 20th century.
The Outlook
Author: The Theatre
Author: Bernard Shaw on Cinema
Author: Bernard ShawPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809321551
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
When an interviewer asked Bernard Shaw whether, "speaking personally", he would prefer to see the English and Americans "become drama and variety fans as of old, rather than movie fans", Shaw replied, "Speaking personally, I should prefer to see them become Shaw fans". With his customary wit and quite often with remarkable prescience, Shaw began a dialogue on cinema that ran almost from the infancy of the industry in 1908 until his death in 1950. Bernard F. Dukore presents the first collection of Bernard Shaw's writings and oral statements about cinema. Of the more than one hundred comments Dukore has selected, fifty-nine -- more than half -- are new to today's readers. Twelve are previously unpublished, one is published in full for the first time, and forty-six appear in a collected edition of Shaw's writings for the first time since their publication in newspapers and magazines. Very early in the life of cinema, Shaw perceived that as an invention, movies would be more momentous than the printing press because they appealed to the illiterate as well as the literate, to the manual laborer at the end of an exhausting day as well as to the person with more leisure. He predicted that cinema would form people's minds and shape their conduct. He recognized that cinema's "colossal proportions make mediocrity compulsory" by leveling art and life down to the blandest morality and to the lowest common denominator of potential audiences throughout the world. By 1908, Shaw was familiar with experiments synchronizing movies and sound. When talkies arrived, he discerned that they would precipitate major changes in acting, writing, and economics. He also saw how they would affect live theatre:"The theatre may survive as a place where people are taught to act", he said in 1930, "but apart from that there will be nothing but 'talkies' soon". At that time, few people in the theatrical profession were making such prophecies, at least not in public.
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