Bernard Shaw and St. John Hankin: Happy Endings (Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries)
Critiques , Arts et divertissement
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Résumé
&“This original study will no doubt draw attention to St. John Hankin&’s work, which may in turn receive further scrutiny from scholars, students, and theatre practitioners.&” Michel Pharand, Queen's University This book proposes a vibrant intertextual dialogue between St. John Hankin&’s… manners comedies and what are considered Bernard Shaw&’s &“minor&” Edwardian comedies and, after the war, some of his most experimental &“extravagant&” plays. Engaging thematic topics ranging from philanthropy and parenting to marital alliances and comic endings, their dramaturgy was truly in conversation over form and content as they re-purposed one another in a vital wrangling to direct the creative evolution of modern British comedy.