The drama of marriage : gay playwrights--straight unions from Oscar Wilde to the present / John M. Clum.

Author/creator Clum, John M.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects

SeriesPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. ^A605166
Contents Introduction: the drama of marriage -- Edward Carpenter and Oscar Wilde: ideal and real marriage -- Somerset Maugham's inconstant spouses -- Love or marriage: Sir Noel Coward and Sir Terrence Rattigan -- Emlyn Williams: growing into marriage -- Clyde Fitch and George Kelly: spunky American wives and domestic monsters -- 1950s marriages sweet and sour: Tennessee Williams and William Inge -- Edward Albee: marriage as vaudeville -- Gay playwrights, gay husbands, gay history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011024734
ISBN9780230338401 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0230338402 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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