History as theatrical metaphor : history, myth and national identities in modern Scottish drama /: history, myth and national identities in modern Scottish drama. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian Brown.
• Authors: Brown, Ian, 1945 February 28
• Contents: Dedication ; Introduction ; Notes; Acknowledgements; Contents ; Chapter 1: Playwrights and History; History as Eighteenth-Century Politics and Nineteenth-Century National Drama; History in Other European Theatres; History Plays in Late Twentieth-Century England and Ireland; Theatre, Re-Imagining Communities, and Historical Themes; Notes; Chapter 2: History, Mythology, and 'Re-Presentation' of Events; Poetics of History; Plot, Narrative, and 'Counterhistory'; Shaping the Past; Writing 'History': Re-Enactment and Reconstruction; 'Facts of History', Explanatory Cells, and the Mini-Myth NotesChapter 3: Language, Ideology, and Identity; Signs, Ideology, Language, and Literary Identity; Scots Language and Ideologies of Identity; Notes; Chapter 4: The Creation of a 'Missing' Tradition: Robert McLellan and His Contemporaries; First Strivings for a Modern Scottish Theatre; Robert McLellan: Playwriting in Two Arcs; Alexander Reid and Magical Realism; R. S. Silver, Alexander Scott, and Contrasting Poetics; Robert Kemp and James Bridie: The Pageant Versus the Domestic; Sydney Goodsir Smith, Ada Kay, and Ena Lamont Stewart: Contrasting Histories; Conclusions and New Beginnings; Notes Chapter 5: Revealing Hidden Histories: Seven Changing PerspectivesStewart Conn; Bill Bryden; Hector MacMillan; John McGrath; Ian Brown; Donald Campbell; W. Gordon Smith; Other Histories Revealed; Notes; Chapter 6: The Re-Visioning of History: Sue Glover and Liz Lochhead; Sue Glover; Liz Lochhead; Notes; Chapter 7: Alternative Visions; Jo Clifford; Chris Hannan; Peter Arnott; Notes; Chapter 8: Re-Constructing the Deconstructed: David Greig and Rona Munro; David Greig; Rona Munro; Notes; Chapter 9: Conclusion: History as Theatrical Metaphor; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages)
• Subjects: 822/.91099411; English drama -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism; Scottish drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Theater -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century; History in literature; Literature; Mass media; Performing arts; DRAMA / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English drama -- Scottish authors; History in literature; Literature; Mass media; Performing arts; Scottish drama; Theater; Social Science -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Cultural studies; Dance & other performing arts; Theater; Performing Arts -- Theater -- General; Theatre studies; Scotland; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137473363; 1137473363
• Related ISBNs: 1137473355; 9781137473356
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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