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First World War plays / edited by Mark Rawlinson.

Contributor(s): Rawlinson, Mark [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Methuen dramaPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2014Description: 470 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472529893 (pbk.) :Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama | Literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 822'.00803582821
Contents:
Introduction; 1. Night watches, Allan Monkhouse; 2. My eyes have seen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson; 3. Tunnel trench, Hubert Griffith; 4. Post mortem, Noel Coward; 5. Oh what a lovely war, Joan Littlewood; 6. The Accrington Pals, Peter Whelan; 7. Sea and land and sky, Abigail Docherty
Summary: The First World War (1914-1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literary legacy is vast: poetry, fiction and memoirs abound. But the drama of the period is rarely recognized, with only a handful of plays commonly associated with the war. This title draws together canonical and lesser-known plays from the First World War to the end of the twentieth century, tracing the ways in which dramatists have engaged with and resisted World War I in their works.
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Introduction; 1. Night watches, Allan Monkhouse; 2. My eyes have seen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson; 3. Tunnel trench, Hubert Griffith; 4. Post mortem, Noel Coward; 5. Oh what a lovely war, Joan Littlewood; 6. The Accrington Pals, Peter Whelan; 7. Sea and land and sky, Abigail Docherty

The First World War (1914-1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literary legacy is vast: poetry, fiction and memoirs abound. But the drama of the period is rarely recognized, with only a handful of plays commonly associated with the war. This title draws together canonical and lesser-known plays from the First World War to the end of the twentieth century, tracing the ways in which dramatists have engaged with and resisted World War I in their works.

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