Abstract
Part 1 Smiling at trouble: virgin sacrifice - The wild duck, Henrik Ibsen frost in the spring air - Spring's awakening, Frank Wedekind sireless in Russia - Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov inward journey - The ghost sonata, August Strindberg playing the role for real - Enrico IV, Luigi Pirandello summary 1 - comedy in hiding. Part 2 Taking the joke seriously: jest and superjests - Man and superman, Bernard Shaw dependence day - Ah, wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill society as a brother - The balcony, Jean Genet Dionysus in Sussex - The Norman conquests, Alan Ayckbourn summary 2 - pain in hiding. Part 3 Howling at farce: male heroine - The breast of Tiresias, Guillaume Apollinaire timid exhibitionist - Professor Taranne, Arthur Adamov anything but absurd - Jacques and The chairs, Eugene Ionesco almighty goad - Acts without words I and II, Samuel Beckett for sex and empire - Cloud 9, Caryl Churchill summary 3 - the farcical overlay conclusion: the playful end.
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