 Welcome to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to talk about some of the most important British postmodern Playwrights and their plays, which are important from net point of view. The first most important postmodern playwright is Neal Covert. Neal Covert has written so many important plays He is also important because he acted in GB Shaw's Apple Cart Also at the same time we must remember that he participated in World War 1st So he has witnessed the devastation and the destruction by his own naked eyes His most important play is Blithey's spirit. The title Blithey's spirit has been taken from Shelly's to this Kaila Also, you must remember that this play Blithey's spirit is about a novelist Charles This novelist Charles is about to write a play about to write a work on ghosts So he invites Madam Arkati, who is a lady who can communicate with ghosts He invites Madam Arkati to his house and while they are having dinner Madam Arkati unknowingly invites two ghosts, Ruth and Elvira, the two wives of Charles Okay, these two wives were dead and she invites the ghost of both these wives into the house of Charles And this creates a kind of a walk in Charles life Other than that present laughter is another play written by Neal Covert The play is important because the title has been taken from Shakespeare's 12th Night So at least if you're not reading the other works by Neal Covert, do go and read Blithey's spirit Let's move to the second most important British playwright Second most important post-modern playwright is Christopher Fry Christopher Fry has written several works out of which Lady Not for Burning is very important The story of Lady Not for Burning is set in Middle Ages, a period from 1100 to 1400 AD The story basically talks about the destruction of world destruction caused by World War I and Basically deals with the life of a soldier who wants to die and on the opposition We have a witch in the same play and that witch wants to live So on one hand we have a war weary soldier who wants to die on the other hand we have a witch who wants to continue to live the Another important play by Christopher Fry is Dark is Light Enough and the subtitle is very important It is called Winter Comedy. The third important play by Christopher Fry is Venus Observe You don't need to read the summaries of these plays But at least remember the title of the plays because these titles have been frequently asked in the net exam Now let's look at one of the most important British post-modern playwright and his name is Harall Pinter Harall Pinter has written so many plays and all his plays are based on the concept of significance of silence Pinter pause Pinter rescue These are some terms which are added in the literary glossary because these terms denote the technique used by Harall Pinter We also should remember two important things about Pinter number one He has written the screenplay of John Fowle's French Lieutenant Woman and number two He acted in Samuel Beckett's play Crabs Lasting these two things were asked in net exam So you must keep in order of these two things if you are reading Harall Pinter for a UGC net exam Now let's look at the important plays he has written so many plays first of all You must remember the chronological order in which his plays were written because this is being asked in net exam several times This is one of the most frequent questions in net Now let's look at the three important plays that you must study in detail if you are preparing for UGC net The first important play is homecoming and what is important about this play is that you must remember the occupation of all the key characters, so we have Sam, Max, Roots So you must remember the occupation of all these people because this has been asked in net several times The second and most important play by Harall Pinter is Caretaker Caretaker is also important because of several reasons because it shows the agony and the destruction caused by World War 2nd and the after effects of World War 2nd There's a character Caretaker in this play and there was a question in net exam wherein they asked that the character caretaker Takes the name Okay, off. What is his real name and the answer is Bernard Jenkins So remember and keep in order of this thing the third important play by Harall Pinter is Birthday party. Birthday party There are a lot of questions so far. Some of the most frequent questions is about the two guests who visits The birthday party and the name of those guests is McCann and Goldberg Also, there was a question about what is the gift that Stanley gives to During the birthday party and the answer is that he gives a drum So such kind of questions have been asked from Harall Pinter So whenever you're reading Pinter's play from net point of view do make a note of all the minute details because they give questions from the Most important acts and scenes but at the same time they also give questions from themes Symbols as well as characters So you need to make note of each and everything if you're not Interested to get into the details of the play and make those lengthy notes Then you can subscribe to my online classes because I teach each and every work in detail Telling the entire somebody all the important points all the important questions Which have been asked on that work in the previous year papers? So I cover everything you can visit my website www.arpatakarba.com You'll find a list of all important writers that we cover in our online course Even if you're not joining our online course do make a note of those writers and start preparing your notes accordingly Let's now jump to a very very important British post-modern playwright Name Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett is important because of several reasons out of which one reason is that he Had a friendship with James Joyce and he helped James Joyce while James Joyce was writing Finnegan's wake other than that he's Known for his major work which is waiting for good or waiting for good or subtitle is a tragic comedy in two acts You must also remember that waiting for good or was originally written in French and it was later translated into English The characters symbols the importance of good or the importance of nothingness is very important Other than that he has also written a triology Of novels namely Molly Malone dies and unnameable You don't need to read the novels for you DC net exam point of view But at least remember the sequence and the names of these three novel which comes under the Trilogy of novels written by Samuel Beckett Now let's look at two important British post-modern playwrights who have strong connection with William Shakespeare and his work In this series the first important playwright is Tom Stooper Tom Stooper has written the screenplay of a very very important Shakespeare movie called Shakespeare in Love This movie is a must watch for all the Shakespeare fans And if you do are a Shakespeare fan then go and watch this movie Other than the writing the screenplay of Shakespeare in Love He has also written several plays out of which Rosen prince and Guilden's turn are dead This is a very important play It takes the characters from Hamlet and the story revolves around these two characters The second important play is Travis Trees. Travis Trees is a play which is set during the world war first time And the central character Henry Carr he interacts with James Joyce when James Joyce is writing Ulysses So there's a close link between James Joyce, Ulysses and Travis Trees The third important play is Real Inspector Hound and there was a question in net exam Wearing they asked that which of the plays by Tom Stooper Employs a play within a play and the name of the play was Real Inspector Hound So you must remember this thing the fourth important work by Tom Stooper is Indian Ink Indian Ink is a work which Talks about which is actually a reworking of E.M. Foster's passage to India and it talks about the same theme in the same storyline Other than Tom Stooper another important post-modern British playwright who is very influenced by William Shakespeare is Edward Bond Edward Bond Saw mekabit at the age 13 and was highly influenced by this work and later in his life He wrote plays about Shakespeare's play. He has written these two important play Lear which is a retelling of King Lear by William Shakespeare and second important play is bingo Which employs Shakespearean characters on the modern stage the next important British post-modern writer is John Osborne John Osborne is remarkably known for his play look back in anger Look back in anger is a play which falls under the angry young man theater I'm real man theater was a literary movement wearing the playwrights were depicting the frustration and agony of the post-World War Britain and how the middle-class life has devastated and The challenges and problems faced by a middle-class people the same theme has been taken up in look back in anger The central character Jimmy Porter Shows his agony in frustration when he's dealing with his wife Alison the game of beer and squirrel that the couple plays is very significant from net point of view other than that you must remember The the frustration of Jimmy Porter comes from the fact that the two World War have Devastated the British economy and America has risen as a new superpower and this feeling of frustration is good Was haunting Jimmy Porter and he was you know thinking about the past glory of British society The next important playwright in the same Series is Arnold Wesker. Arnold Wesker is known for a trilogy of plays that he wrote The name of the trilogy is Wesker trilogy and it has three plays in it namely I'm talking about Jerusalem roots and chicken soup with barley before ending the video Let's talk about two minor British playwrights of the post-modern period and the name of those playwrights are Alan Bennett and Carl Churchill Alan Bennett has written this wonderful play called Kafka's dick Which talks about the nature of fame and the story revolves around a husband and wife who interact with the France Kafka Another important playwright is called Churchill who has written this beautiful play called serious money serious money is a play which deals with the problems of British economy and It talks about how money is the only driving factor in this stock market So this is it about the post-modern period if you want to study all the post-modern writers and all the important post-modern works In detail then you can join my online course wherein I will be providing audio lectures in which I'll be Discussing each and every writer and will be summarizing each and every important work I'll also take care that I give you all the important points which are Relevant from net point of view so that you can prepare for net in a new and revolutionary way So we'll meet next week with another important video before you close the window Do subscribe to my youtube channel and you can also follow me on Instagram and Facebook. 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