British political drama in the 1990s was observed to be concerned more with global issues than state of nation. The repercussions fall Berlin Wall, disintegration Soviet states, rise United States as ultimate world power well prevalence rightist politics at home were widely handled plays this period. In decade, boundaries between Right and Left appeared indistinct; therefore, drama, which origi...

How do we trace the historical processes that grant some writers visibility and, hence, legacy, while shoving others into closet? This essay offers case study of Elizabeth Boyd (1727-1745), a novelist, poet, and playwright who has received attention from scholars interested in women’s contributions to legacy William Shakespeare second quarter eighteenth century. In particular, her unperformed p...

Sam Shepard is one of the foremost living American Playwrights. He has always been concerned with the problem of identity, specifically the fragmented identity of man living in the postmodern era. Such characterization is evident in his plays: True West, Fool for Love, and A Lie of the Mind. Thus, the present article is to demonstrate the fragmented identity of Lee and Austin, Eddie and May, an...

sociology of the artists is one of the subfields in the sociology of art which studies artists from at least two points of view. first, it studies individual, social and cultural characteristics of artists and the relationships of these factors to their tendencies towards becoming artist. second, it addresses the styles and contents prevailing in the artists’ work in a certain period of time an...