Brian Woolland
Ashgate
Hardback
264
2003
Jonsonians explores the theatrical traditions within which Ben Jonson was working investigates the ways in which his work has influenced and informed the development of theatre from the early seventeenth century to the present day and examines Jonson's theatre in relation to twentieth and twenty-first century traditions of performance. It argues that although Jonsonian traditions are rarely acknowledged they are vibrant and powerful forces that are very much alive today in the theatre of writers and directors as diverse as Caryl Churchill David Mamet Spike Lee John Arden Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Barnes.
Ashgate
Hardback
264
2003
Jonsonians explores the theatrical traditions within which Ben Jonson was working investigates the ways in which his work has influenced and informed the development of theatre from the early seventeenth century to the present day and examines Jonson's theatre in relation to twentieth and twenty-first century traditions of performance. It argues that although Jonsonian traditions are rarely acknowledged they are vibrant and powerful forces that are very much alive today in the theatre of writers and directors as diverse as Caryl Churchill David Mamet Spike Lee John Arden Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Barnes.