➵ [Reading] ➷ Nine Plays of the Modern Theater By Harold Clurman ➪ – Larringtonlifecoaching.co.uk This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important most indispensable plays of the modern theatre What Harold Clurman has done in this seminal collection is to create for us a portrait of t This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most of the Kindle Ô important most indispensable plays of the modern theatre What Harold Clurman has done in this seminal collection is to create for us a portrait of the progress and turmoil of the twentieth century Ranging from the eerie realism of Pinter's sinister Birthday Party to the absurd literalism of Ionesco's conformist city in Rhinoceros to the baroue fantasy world of Genet's brothel in The Balcony to the tragic hilarity of Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead these nine plays each entirely distinct together form an incisive compelling and sometimes heartbreaking Nine Plays eBook · mosaic of our time.
- Paperback
- 912 pages
- Nine Plays of the Modern Theater
- Harold Clurman
- English
- 02 August 2016 Harold Clurman
- 9780802150325
The only plays I have read out of this collection are Waiting for GodotThe Caucasian Chalk Circle The Birthday Party and Rhinoceros I have already reviewed Waiting for Godot The Caucasian Chalk Circle and The Birthday Party separately I was trying to wait until I finished Rhinoceros before I reviewed it but it's just so boring Just as the action picks up a long winded disagreement that is of no real conseuence comes up The plot line sounds interesting but the play just does not live up to expectations
If I were to choose my top ten favorite books this would definitely be on the list It is a seminal collection of works by Brecht Beckett Durrenmatt Genet Pinter Ionesco Stoppard Mamet and Mrozek illustrating the depth and breadth of post World War II theatre Fascinating reading
I scored The Birthday Party AND The Balcony for dirt cheap 50 cents Looking forward to reading the other seven plays