Twentieth-century drama dialogue as ordinary talk : speaking between the lines - Mandala, Susan, 1968- (Aldershot, Hants, England Ashgate, 2007)
Drama dialogue and talk -- Approaches to talk -- Lifting the smokescreen : the language of conversation in Harold Pinter's The homecoming -- Language and social class in Arnold Wesker's Roots -- Brave silences : understanding what is not said in Terence Rattigan's In praise of love -- Talking at the edge : Alan Ayckbourn's Just between ourselves
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-133) and index
Keywords: Pinter, Harold, -- 1930-2008.; Wesker, Arnold, -- 1932-; Rattigan, Terence; Ayckbourn, Alan, -- 1939-; English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Dialogue; Discourse analysis, Literary; Conversation analysis