French Costume Drama of the 1950s

French Costume Drama of the 1950sWhen political and civil unrest threatened Frances social order in the 1950s, French cinema provided audiences a seemingly unique form of escapism from such troubled times: a nostalgic look back to the France of the nineteenth and earlier centuries, with costume dramas set in the age of Napoleon, the Belle poque, the Revolution and further back still to seventeenth century swashbuckler adventures and tales of mystery and revenge. Film critics, have

and it will aid further research in urban history and change in Paris over the past century and a half

The authors explore a range of different approaches to the languages of theatre

Hannah Azieb Pool took Western fashion designers to task for their so-called African-inspired clothing

Irvine Welsh

This volume contains his two most celebrated plays for the first time in English-language translation: Business is Business and Charity

Vanishing Points explores the aesthetic character of presence and absence as articulated in contemporary art

Kelin II raise fundamental questions about the complex functions of the teaching artist in school

Each conversation traces its subject’s personal artistic journey and explores how he or she handled the challenge of moving from stage to screen

and in Serious Play

which won the 1928 Newbery Medal

and readable

Susan Hayward