Modern British Farce: A Selective Study of British Farce from Pinero to the Present Day

by Leslie Smith

Book Overview

A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349097616
• ISBN13: 9781349097616
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"