In studying performances of marriage in modern and contemporary British and American drama, Clum highlights the fact that - paradoxically - at a time when theatre was both popular entertainment and high culture, many of the most commercially and artistically successful plays about marriage were written by homosexual men. Beginning with Oscar Wilde and focusing on some of the most successful British and American playwrights of the past century, including Somerset Maugham, Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan, and Emlyn Williams in England and Clyde Fitch, George Kelly, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, and Edward Albee in the US, The Drama of Marriagelooks at how the plays they wrote about heterosexual marriage continue to impact contemporary gay playwrights and the depiction of marriage today.
| ISBN: | 9780230338401 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2011 |
| Author: | John M Clum |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Gender studies, gender groups History of Performing Arts The arts: general topics Performing arts Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
In studying performances of marriage in modern and contemporary British and American drama, Clum highlights the fact that - paradoxically - at a time when theatre was both popular entertainment and high culture, many of the most commercially and artistically successful plays about marriage were written by homosexual men. Beginning with Oscar Wilde and focusing on some of the most successful British and American playwrights of the past century, including Somerset Maugham, Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan, and Emlyn Williams in England and Clyde Fitch, George Kelly, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, and Edward Albee in the US, The Drama of Marriagelooks at how the plays they wrote about heterosexual marriage continue to impact contemporary gay playwrights and the depiction of marriage today.
The Drama of Marriage features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Gender studies, gender groups, History of Performing Arts, The arts: general topics, Performing arts, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
The Drama of Marriage is available in Hardback
The Drama of Marriage was written by John M Clum and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
The Drama of Marriage has 230 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History series