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The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Beatrix Hesse

    1. Universität Passau, Germany

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Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. The Body in the Library and the Body on Stage

    1. The Body in the Library and the Body on Stage

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      Pages 1-17

  3. A History of the Crime Play

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. From Victorian Melodrama to the End of the Twenties

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      Pages 21-33

    3. From the 1930s to the End of World War II

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      Pages 34-47

    4. From the End of World War II to 1955

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      Pages 48-63

    5. From 1956 to the End of the Sixties

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      Pages 64-77

    6. From Sleuth to In-Yer-Face Theatre

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      Pages 78-93

  4. A Poetics of the Crime Play

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Settings and Stage Sets

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      Pages 97-116

    3. Timing and Plot “Construction”

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      Pages 117-133

    4. Dramatic Characters

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      Pages 134-153

    5. Violence, Crime and Punishment

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      Pages 154-170

    6. Genre, Generic Development and Subgenres

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      Pages 171-193

  5. The Crime Play and Detective Fiction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Stage Adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Detective Stories

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      Pages 197-217

    3. Other Types of Detective Fiction Adapted for the Stage

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      Pages 218-237

  6. Coda: The Twentieth-Century English Crime Play — A View from 2015

    1. Coda: The Twentieth-Century English Crime Play — A View from 2015

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      Pages 238-241

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 242-290
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universität Passau, Germany

    Beatrix Hesse

About the author

Beatrix Hesse is Professor of English/ Cultural and Media Studies, University of Passau, Germany. She is the author of Shakespeare's Comedies From a Pragmatic Communication Theory Approach (1998).

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