MUCH IN LITTLE
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH DRAMA.
By 1
B. Ifor
Evans
Pelican Books.
PROFESSOR EVANS has packed into a book of 172 pages such a wealth of detail and information that it is difficult to do more than praise in a highly
. 7 4 general way. The history of the English Drama from the time of the Miracle and Morality plays, up to such moderns as James Bridie and+J. B. Priestley has been covered so meticulously and with
such obvious knowledge and discernment that the book is;a "must" on any bookshelf whose owner has more than a fleeting interest in the theatre and in history. As a mere encyclopedia the book is invaluable as dates, authors and plays follow each other in rapid succession, but it is much more than this, as it sets down in a clear and non-pedantic style, the whole sweep and form of the English Theatre as well as setting out the problems, prejudices and frustrations which English playwrights and enthusiasts have had*to suffer from throughout
. the years.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 496, 24 December 1948, Page 12
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177MUCH IN LITTLE New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 496, 24 December 1948, Page 12
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