Four Modern Verse Plays
Književnost na stranim jezicima
Eliot, T. S. Fry, Christopher Williams, Charles MacDonagh, Donagh
088014
Harmondsworth
1964
11×18
meki
269
engleski
Cijena: 7,50 EUR
Four Modern Verse Plays is a notable literary anthology introduced and edited by the prominent English theater director E. Martin Browne. First published in 1957, this collection spotlighted the mid-20th-century revival of verse drama in the English-speaking world. The anthology collects four essential verse dramas written by leading poets and playwrights of the era: 1. The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot: A haunting drama that blends contemporary English upper-class life with the themes and structure of Greek tragedy. 2. A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry: A witty, romantic, and satirical comedy set in ancient Rome, which helped establish Fry as a major figure in the verse revival. 3. Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury by Charles Williams: A historical and deeply theological play written by the novelist, poet, and member of the "Inklings" literary group. 4. Happy as Larry by Donagh MacDonagh: A lively, modern Irish comic melodrama written in rhythmic, rhyming verse. The editor, E. Martin Browne, was the definitive authority for this collection. He was a celebrated theatrical director who single-handedly spearheaded the 20th-century revival of religious and poetic drama. He is best known for directing the premieres of all of T.S. Eliot's verse plays. His introduction to this volume provides invaluable professional insight into how these poetic texts function as living theater rather than just literature on a page.
