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In this book, Jeanette Malkin considers a broad spectrum of post-war plays in which characters are created, coerced and destroyed by language. The playwrights examined include Handke, Pinter, Bond, Albee, Mamet and Shepard, as well as Vaclav Havel and two of his plays: The Garden Party and The Memorandum. These playwrights portray language's power within our political, social and interpersonal worlds. The violence that language does, the 'tyranny of words', grabs centre stage in their plays. Characters are manipulated and defined through language, their actions and identity limited by verbal options, in order to reveal the links between language and power. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of drama, theatre history, American and European literature, and comparative literature.

Dialogue --- Dialoog --- Geweld in de literatuur --- Violence dans la littérature --- Violence in literature --- Drama --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) --- Violence dans la littérature --- 20th century --- Dialogue. --- Violence in literature. --- History and criticism. --- 82-2 "19" --- 82-2 "19" Toneel. Drama--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Toneel. Drama--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Dialog

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THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) --- DIALOGUE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) --- VIOLENCE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 20E SIECLE --- THEATRE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) --- DIALOGUE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) --- VIOLENCE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE

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