{"product_id":"jb-priestley-routledge-modern-and-contemporary-dramatists-9780415402422","title":"JB Priestley Routledge Modern and Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. B. Priestley\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of the enormous contribution made by this playwright, novelist, journalist and critic to twentieth century British theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriestley was often criticised for being either too populist or too experimental and this study unpicks the contradictions of a playwright and theatre theorist popular with audiences but too often dismissed by critics; describing and analysing in detail not only his plays but also their specific historical and contemporary productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a combination of archive, review and critical materials, the book re-locates Priestley as a theatre theorist of substance as well as a playwright who challenged theatre conventions and assumptions about audience expectations, at a time when theatre was considered both conservative and lacking in innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection I: Life, Politics and Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter 1: Life Career and Politics Chapter 2: The Function and Practice of Theatre: visions, theories and critical responses \u003cstrong\u003eSection II: Key Plays\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter 3: The Family, Gender and Sexual Relations Chapter 4: Time and the Time Plays Chapter 5: Work and Visions of Dystopia\/Utopia \u003cstrong\u003eSection III: Key Plays\/Productions\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter 6: \u003cem\u003eThe Good Companions\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 7: \u003cem\u003eAn Inspector Calls \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 8: \u003cem\u003eJohnson Over Jordan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402112115031,"sku":"9780415402422","price":104.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jb-priestley-routledge-modern-and-contemporary-dramatists-9780415402422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}