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Leslie Smith
Modern British Farce [PDF ebook]
A Selective Study of British Farce from Pinero to the Present Day

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A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781349097593 ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 1989 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4973242 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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