Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture: Play and Performance from Beckett to Shepard

by John Orr

Book Overview

This study examines the historical relationship between tragicomedy in the modernist theatre and the performative culture of Western consumer societies. While discussing a wide range of playwrights,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333536975
• ISBN13: 9780333536971
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"