Priestley Plays Four - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. B. PriestleySeries:Oberon Modern PlaywrightsPublish date:2013-08-27Pages:190
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oberon BooksISBN-13:9781849432177ISBN-10:1849432171UPC:9781849432177Book Category:Drama, ArtBook Subcategory:European, PerformanceBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.10 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCRNXP82BE
Two little known Priestley plays, which, while they are quite different, have important features in common.
The 31st of June is a comedy set partly in an advertising agency and partly in a medieval castle; Jenny Villiers is a serious play set backstage in an old provincial theatre. But both exploit elements of Time. In the 31st of June scenes switch between modern times and the middle ages, while characters move between both. There are kings, company bosses, princesses, fashion models, dwarves and two rival magicians. causing confusion and romance. Jenny Villiers examines life in the Theatre. The doubts of the present are confronted by players from the past, and a jaded playwright recovers his faith in the Theatre. Both plays were performed on the stage, but later rewritten and published as novels.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oberon BooksISBN-13:9781849432177ISBN-10:1849432171UPC:9781849432177Book Category:Drama, ArtBook Subcategory:European, PerformanceBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.10 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCRNXP82BE
J.B. Priestley: Born in Bradford, he was educated there and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His reputation as a dramatist was established by Dangerous Corner, Time and the Conways & other plays on space-time themes, as well as popular comedies such as Laburnum Grove & his psychological mystery, An Inspector Calls. Best known as a writer of novels, Priestley was also master of the essay form. He was an astute, original and controversial commentator on contemporary society.
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