Bentley, Eric,  1916-2020 <br/><br/>
The playwright as thinker :  a study of drama in modern times / 
 The playwright as thinker :  a study of drama in modern theatre 
by Eric Bentley. 
 - xx, 314 pages ;  18 cm 
 - Meridian books ;  M6 .
<br/><br/>The two traditions of modern drama -- Tragedy in modern dress -- Tragedy in fancy dress -- Wagner and Ibsen: a contrast -- Bernard Shaw -- Varieties of comic experience -- August Strindberg -- From Strindberg to Jean-Paul Sartre -- From Strindberg to Bertolt Brecht. 
<br/><br/> "A sharp witty study of the contemporary theater and its playwrights by one if its severest critics."--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>55005157  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drama--History and criticism--19th century<br/>Drama--History and criticism--20th century<br/>European drama--History and criticism
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1851  / .B468 1957