Download or read book Modern British Farce written by Leslie Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama.