The Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama
- ISBN-10
- 0929587537
- ISBN-13
- 9780929587530
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 435
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-01-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Robert Sanford Brustein
Description
Through a study of the work of eight modern dramatists from Ibsen to Genet, the author traces the origin and development of dramatic rebellion
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