The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century

The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century - Crime Files

1st ed. 2015

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.

Book information

ISBN: 9781137463036
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
DEWEY: 822.052709
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: vi, 290
Weight: 492g
Height: 305mm
Width: 222mm
Spine width: 21mm