The Plays of Margaret Drabble: A Critical Edition PDF
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The Plays of Margaret Drabble The Plays of Margaret Drabble a Cr itiCa l e dition • Edited by José Francisco Fernández Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2018 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2018 18 19 20 21 22 23 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3605-2 (hardcover) 978-0-8156-3611-3 (paperback) 978-0-8156-5456-8 (e-book) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Drabble, Margaret, 1939– author. |Fernández, José Francisco, editor. | Drabble, Margaret, 1939– Laura. | Drabble, Margaret, 1939– Bird of paradise. Title: The plays of Margaret Drabble : a critical edition / edited by José Francisco Fernández. Other titles: Plays Description: First edition. | Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018038149 (print) | LCCN 2018051489 (ebook) | ISBN 9780815654568 (E-book) | ISBN 9780815636052 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815636113 (pbk. : alk. paper) Classification: LCC PR6054.R25 (ebook) | LCC PR6054.R25 2018 (print) | DDC 822/.914—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018038149 Manufactured in the United States of America • Contents List of Illustrations vii Introduction José franCisCo fernández 1 Part one. The Plays Laura 9 Bird of Paradise 49 Part two. Critical Commentary The Presence of Theater in the Life of the Novelist José franCisCo fernández 75 Laura: Historical Context José franCisCo fernández 90 Bird of Paradise: Historical Context betsabé navarro 100 The Plays and Early Novels: Intersections ángela rivera izquierdo 116 Margaret Drabble and British Drama of the Late 1950s and the 1960s germán asensio Peral 133 vi | Contents Margaret Drabble’s Laura and Television in Britain in the 1960s veróniCa membrive Pérez 148 Timeline 165 Essential Bibliography 169 Contributors 171 Index 173 • Illustrations 1. Margaret Drabble rehearsing on stage, Cambridge, 1959 76 2. Margaret Drabble rehearsing on stage, Cambridge, 1959 91 3. Margaret Drabble rehearsing on stage, Cambridge, 1959 117 4. Margaret Drabble rehearsing on stage, Cambridge, 1959 134 5. Margaret Drabble in her final year at Cambridge, 1959 149 vii The Plays of Margaret Drabble
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