‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ – so says
Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and for more than 2000
years the problems faced by young men and women fighting to find
and keep an appropriate sexual partner have been a theatrical
staple. This book explores the shapes that Romantic Comedy has
assumed from Greek New Comedy via Shakespeare to the present.
Changing social values have helped to redefine the genre’s
traditional hetero-normativity, while the recent trend towards more
fluid casting has opened up many romantic comedies to radical
reinterpretations. Organized chronologically to allow readers to
trace the development of the form against changing societal norms,
the book features a range of case studies of key works from the
British tradition, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth
Night, Susanna Centlivre’s A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Oliver
Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, Stanley Houghton’s Hindle
Wakes, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste
of Honey, Ayub Khan-Din’s East is East and David Eldridge’s
Beginning.
General
Imprint: |
Methuen Drama
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Forms of Drama |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Trevor R. Griffiths
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-18341-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-18341-5 |
Barcode: |
9781350183414 |
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