This analytical history is the most comprehensive and accurate
record of the Ibsen campaign in London. Postlewait places major
emphasis on the activities of William Archer, the theatre critic,
translator, and director who zealously campaigned for the
acceptance of Ibsen's works in particular and the new drama in
general. He argues that proper appreciation of Archer's often
devious role as the foremost advocate of Ibsen is vital to
understanding how and why Ibsen was ultimately received on the
London stage. Postlewait's reassessment challenges all previous
histories and critical studies of this theatrical era and confronts
the many contradictions of Archer's life and works that have
previously clouded more straightforward histories. He presents
Archer as a man with a sense of missionary urgency but also as an
individual with an often paradoxical character and numerous
self-defeating attributes. This process of reconstituting history
and reexamining the career of William Archer, especially in light
of his close relationships with Bernard Shaw and Elizabeth Robins,
reveals the importance, complexity, and even brilliance of a man
who may fittingly be called the prophet of the new drama.
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