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The Bible and Modern British Drama - From 1930 to the Present Day (Paperback)
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The Bible and Modern British Drama - From 1930 to the Present Day (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
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The Bible and Modern British Drama: 1930 to the Present Day is the
first full-length study to explore how playwrights in the modern
period have adapted popular biblical stories, such as Abraham and
Isaac, Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, and the life and death of
Jesus, for the stage. The book offers detailed and accessible
interpretations of the work of well-known dramatists such as
Christopher Fry, Howard Brenton, and Steven Berkoff, alongside the
work of writers whose plays have been neglected in recent
criticism, such as James Bridie and Laurence Housman. The drama is
analysed within the context of changes in religious belief and
practice over the course of the modern period in Britain, comparing
plays that approach the Bible from a traditional religious
perspective with those that offer alternative viewpoints on the
text, including the voices of gay, feminist, black, Jewish, and
Muslim dramatists. In doing so, the author offers a broad and
in-depth exploration that is grounded in current scholarship,
ranging from the past to present, across boundaries of race and
gender. Ideal for students, researchers, and general readers
interested in understanding how the Bible has served as an
important source text for British playwrights in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, The Bible and Modern British Drama shows
how Bible-based drama has been influential in creating and
disseminating ideas of what constitutes a "good" life, both on an
individual and social level.
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