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Ian Brown - History as Theatrical Metaphor: History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama - 9781137473356 - V9781137473356
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History as Theatrical Metaphor: History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama

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Description for History as Theatrical Metaphor: History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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 Campbell, Bill Bryden, Sue Glover, Liz Lochhead, Jo Clifford, Peter Arnott, David Greig, Rona Munro and others often neglected or misunderstood. Setting these writers' achievements in the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137473356
SKU
V9781137473356
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About Ian Brown
Emeritus Professor in Drama at Kingston University, UK, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow University, Ian Brown's previous posts include Dean of Arts, Queen Margaret University, and Drama Director, Arts Council of Great Britain. Published widely on theatre history and cultural matters, he is a playwright and poet.

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