The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century
Description
This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial SciencePerforming ArtsTheaterHistory & CriticismEuropeanLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & SocialHistory
2015Book
Author(s)Beatrix Hesse
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137463036
LanguageEnglish
