In the history of the Rice Dramatic Club, there have been occasions when it has fallen in the power of the or ganization to produce outstanding modern dramas by contemporary playwrights—plays rich in enter ta inment quality, subtle in humor ; plays which live in the minds of the a u dience long af ter the final curtain falls. Such plays as "The Roynl Family," "Hay Fever ," and "Hell Bent for He...

Childless marriage has exercised the medical profession for centuries, but has hardly begun to interest the social scientist. For novelists and playwrights it has proved intrinsically fascinating. Nigel Balchin, for example, has written more than one compelling account of what can happen when the stresses inseparable from any marriage have to be contained within the two-person relationship. In ...

The study of Lu You’s love theme traditional operas is not only an important part his acceptance history, but also You culture. On the one hand, playwrights reorganize poets’ related “texts” through mode poetic romance; other it rewrites and sings tragic stories by collecting works in opera. By studying process intersection literary thoughts past dynasties, we can get a glimpse multi-dimensiona...

The article deals with the artistic originality of bilingualism one leading modern Mordovian playwrights Alexander Pudin. most productive types it in work playwright are defined, and reasons for use two languages writing process identified. importance transition from language to another is emphasized order expand aesthetic boundaries author’s worldview accurately convey ethnic nuances foreign-l...

What is most striking about Edward Bond’s plays his unconventional representation of visible forms violence and insanity. His deeply probe political, economic, societal norms values in provocative thought-provoking ways for which he has often been compared to such contemporary British playwrights as Pinter, Brenton, Osborne, Arden who profusely use cruelty their works. This article draws on Jul...

Throughout history, an authority with certain rules has governed all societies, and each had different impacts on society. Since theatre is a reflection of society culture, it carries the traces development changes political ideological concepts over time. With emergence playwrights such as Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Martin Crimp in British after 1970, new era begun theatre. The purpose this...