Results for: books tagged ‘Modernism’
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture: T. S. Eliot
'The term culture . . . includes all the characteristic activities and interests of a people; Derby Day, Henley Regatta, Cowes, the twelfth of August, a cup final, the dog ... More
Paul Klee on Modern Art: Paul Klee
The Confidential Clerk: T. S. Eliot
The Confidential Clerk was first produced at the Edinburgh Festival in the summer of 1953.'The dialogue of The Confidential Clerk has a precision and a lightly felt rhythm unmatched in ... More
Travesties: Tom Stoppard
‘Travesties is a superb comedy, a work of thought and imagination.’ Stage and Television‘It is a champagne cocktail, compounded of a balletic nimbleness of invention, a bewildering intricacy of design ... More
The Cocktail Party: T. S. Eliot
'Obviously something more than a successful play, it is the practical demonstration of a patently conceived theory of dramatic form, and as such of high historical interest.' Times Literary Supplement'Eliot ... More
The Family Reunion: T. S. Eliot
Eliot's haunting verse play, set in a country house in the north of England, was performed at the Westminster Theatre in London in March 1939, six months before the outbreak ... More
The Elder Statesman: T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot's last play, drafted originally in 1955 but not completed until three years later. Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his ... More
The Birthday Party: Harold Pinter
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.The Birthday Party was first performed in 1958 ... More
The Caretaker: Harold Pinter
It was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success, and its production history since it was first performed in 1960 has established the work as a ... More
Harold Pinter Plays 2: Harold Pinter
At the heart of this second volume of Harold Pinter's collected work is The Caretaker, the play with which he had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is ... More
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