The Plays of David Storey: A Thematic Study

by William Hutchings

This is the first comprehensive play-by-play analysis of the drama of David Storey, one of the most acclaimed and innovative, sometimes controversial, writers in the British theatre since World War II. Grouping the plays according to theme, Hutchings demonstrates that the central focus in the drama of David Storey is the devaluation of traditional rituals in contemporary life and the disintegration of the family. A playwright attuned to the poetry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314614
• ISBN13: 9780809314614
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"