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WORD PLAYS
COLLECTED WRITINGS ON POLITICS AND CULTURE |
| By: |
Robert Brustein |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£38.99 |
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£35.09 |
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£3.90 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1412865611 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781412865616 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Pub. date: |
30 March, 2017 |
| Pages: |
212 |
| Synopsis: |
According to Robert Brustein, the theater should be taken seriously as one of the fine arts, but it should also be considered a means to reflect on our world, times, and culture from a different perspective. However, this presents a great challenge-the masses must come to appreciate the theater as a means of leisure, but also one of learning. If Word Plays tickles your funny bone as well as touches your mind, then Brustein will have achieved his goal.Word Plays, a collection of Brustein's articles, satires, and skits, is his attempt to both entertain and educate about the current political and cultural environment in America. Openly positioning himself as a left-leaning political observer, Brustein's material is wide-ranging and witty. His provocative views on contemporary politics and his ease with a broad range of subjects, from Shakespeare to The Sopranos, makes this an enjoyable, engaging, and reflective volume.The book is divided into three sections. The first is a set of short essays, many of which link political themes to the dramatic arts and others that are purely political commentary. The second includes a series of "dramatic commentaries"-short skits- lampooning contemporary politics and modern American life. The final section consists of "elegies and eulogies" honoring recently deceased icons of the American theater. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Transaction Publishers |
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