| Description |
1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in theatre history & culture
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Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Convergent forces: the English Stage Company and Look Back in Anger -- 2. Divergent forces : Theatre Workshop -- 3. John Arden : the playwright who wouldn't play ball -- 4. Harold Pinter : who controls the playwright's image? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Today's successful plays and playwrights achieve their prominence not simply because of their intrinsic merit but because of the work of mediators, who influence the whole trajectory of a playwright's or a theatre company's career. Critics and academic writers are primarily considered the makers of reputations, but funding organizations and various media agents as well as artistic directors, producers, and directors also pursue separate agendas in shaping the reputations of theatrical works. In The Making of Theatrical Reputations Yael Zarhy-Levo demonstrates the processes through which these. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arden, John -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. |
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. |
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Arden, John. |
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. |
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Dramatic criticism -- England -- London -- 20th century -- Influence.
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Dramatic criticism. |
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England -- London. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Theater critics -- England -- London -- 20th century.
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Theater critics. |
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Theater -- England -- London -- Public opinion -- 20th century.
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Theater. |
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Public opinion. |
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Theater -- Public relations -- England -- London -- 20th century.
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Theater -- Public relations. |
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Theater -- Production and direction -- England -- London -- 20th century -- Case studies.
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Theater -- Production and direction. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Dramatists -- Appreciation -- England -- London -- 20th century -- Case studies.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zarhy-Levo, Yael, 1948- Making of theatrical reputations. Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, ©2008 9781587296260 1587296268 (DLC) 2007940204 (OCoLC)229162439 |
| ISBN |
9781587297793 (electronic book) |
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1587297795 (electronic book) |
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9781587296260 |
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1587296268 |
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