Politics and Drama

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Politics and Drama is written by Onder Cakirtas and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1532669070 (ISBN 10) and 9781532669071 (ISBN 13).

By comparing the literary works of two of the greatest playwrights of our time, Önder Cakirtas reveals the similarities and contrasts between their political views and the political backdrop of their respective nations. In Britain, George Bernard Shaw, the leading British dramatist for the first half of the twentieth century, wrote his plays to explicitly reflect his socialist political and economic views, and highlight the need for equal rights for women. In Turkey, decades later, Orhan Asena confronted similar issues with plays that challenged the dominant political powers of his time - a stance which ultimately led to his political exile from Turkey.