History as Theatrical Metaphor: History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama

by Ian Brown

Book Overview

This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays, especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book addresses the work of many key figures from the last century of Scottish theatre, including Robert McLellan and his contemporaries, and also Hector MacMillan, Stewart Conn, John McGrath, Donald...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349692476
• ISBN13: 9781349692477
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"