ENGL 140M

Modern British Drama, 1889-Present

In-depth examination of British drama from the arrival of Ibsen's The Doll House on the British stage (and Shaw's publication of his influential treatise The Quintessence of Ibsenism) both laying to rest for serious artists the moralistic, bourgeois theater of the late 19th century. Includes study of various dramatic movements in England --including realism, absurdism, kitchen-sink naturalism, surrealism, epic theater, expressionism.

Units: 3.0