Satire

by Joel Schechter

Book Overview

Satire reconsiders the entertainment, political dissent and comic social commentary created by innovative writers and directors since this theatrical form took the stage in ancient Athens. From Aristophanes to the 18th-century plays of John Gay and Henry Fielding, to the creations of Joan Littlewood, Bertolt Brecht, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erika Mann, Brendan Behan and Dario Fo, practitioners of theatrical satire have prompted audiences to laugh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350140082
• ISBN13: 9781350140080
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"