{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-revolt-by-robert-brustein","title":"The Theatre of Revolt by Robert Brustein","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Theatre of Revolt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eby Robert Brustein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMethuen \u0026amp; Co., 1965, First edition\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, dustjacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e: Very Good\u003cbr\u003ea little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-lib with sticker residue and stamp to title page, tear to back endpaper.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDustjacket very good, clipped with stickers (see photographs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e“This study of ideas and development of the modern drama breaks new ground.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBrustein finds the roots of modern theatre in the rebellion expressed by eight outstanding playwrights:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIbsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O’Neill and Genet.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFocussing on each in turn, he examines the nature of their rebellion, the methods employed in their plays, their influences on the modern theatre.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe revolt may be against God, against society, against existence itself.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt begins with the revolt against the ‘official culture’, the accepted ideas in art and literature rendered stale by bourgeois society.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44703174066246,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2727\/7942\/files\/TheTheatreofRevolt_1.jpg?v=1772492166","url":"https:\/\/www.morgansrarebooks.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-revolt-by-robert-brustein","provider":"Morgan's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}