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020			_a9781474295819 _q(ebook)
020			_z9781474295796 _q(hardback)
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050	0	0	_aPN1650.U86 _bA35 2022
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100	1		_aAdiseshiah, Siân Helen, _eauthor. _98797
245	1	0	_aUtopian drama : _bin search of a genre / _cSiân Adiseshiah.
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264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bMethuen Drama, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aMethuen drama engage
501			_aP.B
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Dramaturgies of hope -- Utopia, drama, genre -- Genealogical beginnings : old comedy, longing, and laughter -- Temporary utopias of female community -- The enhanced utopian subject -- Utopia and the triumph of ordinary life -- Utopian conversations.
520			_a"As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in Western drama from antiquity to the present, Utopian Drama: In Search of a Genre offers an illuminating appraisal of the objectives of utopianism as manifested in drama through the ages, and carefully ascertains the added value that live performance brings to the persuasion of utopian thought. Siân Adiseshiah scrutinises the distinctive intervention of utopian drama through its examination alongside the utopian prose tradition - in this way, the book establishes new ways of approaching utopian aesthetics and new ways of interpreting utopian drama. This book provides fresh understandings of the generic features of utopian plays, identifies the gains of establishing a new genre, and ascertains ways in which this genre functions as political theatre. Referring to over 40 plays, of which 18 are examined in detail, Utopian Drama traces the emergence of the utopian play in the Western tradition from ancient Greek Comedy to experimental contemporary work. Works discussed in detail include plays by Aristophanes, Margaret Cavendish, George Bernard Shaw, Howard Brenton, Claire MacDonald, Cesi Davidson, and Mojisola Adebayo. As well as offering extended attention to the work of these playwrights, the book reflects on the development of utopian drama through history, notes the persistent features, tropes, and conventions of utopian plays, and considers the implications of their registration for both theatre studies and utopian studies"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aUtopian plays. _98798
650		0	_aDrama _xHistory and criticism. _93086
650		0	_aImaginary places in literature. _98799
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aAdiseshiah, Siân Helen. _tUtopian drama _dLondon ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2022 _z9781474295796 _w(DLC) 2022014180
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