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Modern Dramatists
Excerpt from Modern Dramatists
This book aims at a critical study of the modern European Theatre. It is not intended as a guide to the popular authors of the day, either in England or abroad; indeed, many successful playwrights are not even mentioned in its pages. It is dogmatic, because it is written from a definite standpoint, and its judgments depend upon an absolute standard of value. T 0 write of any group of authors, dramatic or otherwise, without such a standard, is to debase the coinage of criticism and to insult the artist. I need not define my criterion here, for I have endeavoured to make it clear in the open ing chapters. It is enough to say that it excludes the vast majority of living dramatic authors, and that in excluding.
This book aims at a critical study of the modern European Theatre. It is not intended as a guide to the popular authors of the day, either in England or abroad; indeed, many successful playwrights are not even mentioned in its pages. It is dogmatic, because it is written from a definite standpoint, and its judgments depend upon an absolute standard of value. T 0 write of any group of authors, dramatic or otherwise, without such a standard, is to debase the coinage of criticism and to insult the artist. I need not define my criterion here, for I have endeavoured to make it clear in the open ing chapters. It is enough to say that it excludes the vast majority of living dramatic authors, and that in excluding.
323 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
About the author
Ashley Dukes
56 books1 followerAshley Dukes (29 May 1885 – 4 May 1959) was an English playwright, critic, and theatre manager.
In 1933, he founded the Mercury Theatre of London and wrote plays that appeared in the London West End and on Broadway. The Ashley Dukes Company was an important interwar promoter of serious drama, and a training ground for actors.[1]
He was the husband of Marie Rambert as well as the older brother of British MI6 spy Paul Dukes and respected pathologist Cuthbert Dukes.
In 1933, he founded the Mercury Theatre of London and wrote plays that appeared in the London West End and on Broadway. The Ashley Dukes Company was an important interwar promoter of serious drama, and a training ground for actors.[1]
He was the husband of Marie Rambert as well as the older brother of British MI6 spy Paul Dukes and respected pathologist Cuthbert Dukes.
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