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Dark Attractions (Hardcover)
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Dark Attractions (Hardcover)
Series: Plays and Playwrights
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A major study of the work of one of Britain's best-known dramatists
Peter Barnes was one of the UK's most significant, prolific and
enduring playwrights. This book offers a major critical appraisal
of the canon of Barnes' work, including a detailed study of his
best-known plays, The Ruling Class, Bewitched, Laughter!, Red
Noses, and Dreaming, as well as a selection of his television and
radio plays which illuminate his thematic concerns, and offer key
insights into his dramatic methods. Through this examination, Brian
Woolland shows that many of Barnes' plays have remarkable
contemporary relevance, and are formally far more innovative than
has hitherto been recognised. Woolland analyses the ways in which
Barnes uses and subverts theatrical traditions, and relates his
work to relevant critical contexts: theatrical, critical and
socio-political. Deservedly, Barnes' use of comedy is given special
attention. It is a sad truth that Barnes' great talents have not
always been acknowledged by the theatrical establishment. In this
exciting study, Barnes finally gets the recognition he deserves, as
one of the most original, daring and exuberant dramatists of his
generation.
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