Word Plays: Collected Writings on Politics and Culture - Robert Brustein - Books - Taylor & Francis Inc - 9781412865616 - April 3, 2017
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Robert Brustein
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According to Robert Brustein, the theater should be taken seriously as one of the fine arts, but it should also be considered a means to reflect on our world, times, and culture from a different perspective. However, this presents a great challenge?the masses must come to appreciate the theater as a means of leisure, but also one of learning. If Word Plays tickles your funny bone as well as touches your mind, then Brustein will have achieved his goal.

Word Plays, a collection of Brustein?s articles, satires, and skits, is his attempt to both entertain and educate about the current political and cultural environment in America. Openly positioning himself as a left-leaning political observer, Brustein?s material is wide-ranging and witty. His provocative views on contemporary politics and his ease with a broad range of subjects, from Shakespeare to The Sopranos, makes this an enjoyable, engaging, and reflective volume.

The book is divided into three sections. The first is a set of short essays, many of which link political themes to the dramatic arts and others that are purely political commentary. The second includes a series of "dramatic commentaries"?short skits? lampooning contemporary politics and modern American life. The final section consists of "elegies and eulogies" honoring recently deceased icons of the American theater.

224 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 3, 2017
ISBN13 9781412865616
Publishers Taylor & Francis Inc
Pages 212
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   249 g
Language English  

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