Bernard Kops: Fantasist, London Jew, Apocalyptic Humorist

by William Baker and Jeanette Roberts Shumaker

This is the first book-length study of the work of contemporary writer Bernard Kops. Born on November 28, 1926 to Dutch-Jewish immigrants, Bernard Kops became famous after the production of his play The Hamlet of Stepney Green: A Sad Comedy with Some Songs in 1958. This play, like much of his work, focuses on the conflicts between young and old. Identified as an "angry young man," Kops, like his contemporaries John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611476569
• ISBN13: 9781611476569
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"