Toward a Theater of the Oppressed: The Dramaturgy of John Arden

by Javed Malick

Toward a Theater of the Oppressed is an engaging study of the dramaturgy of contemporary British playwright John Arden and the political implications of his work. Arden made his debut on the London stage in the wake of a powerful new wave of young, "angry" drama in England during the late 1950s. Javed Malick argues that in contrast to contemporaries like John Osborne, Harold Pinter, and Arnold Wesker, Arden offered a radically different approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472105876
• ISBN13: 9780472105878
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.