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Anglo-American Stage and Screen Drama

The Post-Democratic World Order

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Authors:
  1. Mike Ingham

    1. Leigh-on-Sea, UK

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  • Argues that theatre and film can constitute a forum for public reflection and consciousness-raising
  • Links current issues and ‘players’ on the world stage with the texts that speak directly or indirectly about them
  • Provides the reader with a valuable overview of the critical role of stage and screen drama in the 21st century

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Anglophone Drama in a Post-Democratic, Post-Truth World

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 1-28

  3. Western Theatre as Sociopolitical Forum—A Short History

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 29-56

  4. Progressive Western Cinema—An Overview

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 57-92

  5. Case-study Films and Plays from the First Decade (Part One) ‘Patriot Acts’—The War on/of Terror

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 93-130

  6. Case-study Films and Plays from the First Decade Part Two: Corporate Malfeasance and Political Corruption

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 131-163

  7. Case-study Films and Plays from the Second Decade Part One: The Politics of Race, Gender and Class

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 165-207

  8. Case-study Films and Plays from the Second Decade Part Two: The International Politics of Surveillance, Control and Resources

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 209-248

  9. Conclusion: Progressive Drama and its Potentialities

    • Mike Ingham
    Pages 249-262

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 263-287
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About this book

Anglo-American Stage and Screen Drama analyses and discusses the contemporary role of stage and screen drama as a critical forum for progressive thinking in an increasingly polarised geopolitical world. The book addresses the cultural politics of socially engaged 21st century stage plays and films, and makes the case for drama as a sociopolitical forum, in which the complex and contentious issues that confront society can be explored and debated. It conceives of Anglophone political drama as a significant intervention in today’s culture wars,  representing the latter as a convenient distraction from the ongoing depredations of neoliberalism. In the main part of the book selected case-study plays and films from each of the first two decades illustrate drama’s capacity to influence critical debate on social justice issues. All of the case-study texts under discussion express a powerful aesthetics of resistance to right-wing ideology, and promote inclusive and enlightened values. This broader orientation underlines drama’s role as a channel for critical agency in today’s putative post-socialist, post-democratic climate.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Leigh-on-Sea, UK

    Mike Ingham

About the author

Mike Ingham is Adjunct Professor of English Studies in the English Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a dedicated tertiary teacher and former teacher-trainer. His research interests include stage and screen drama, Shakespeare studies, Hong Kong literature in English, and drama in education. Mike is also a founder member of Theatre Action, a Hong Kong-based drama group specialising in action research on literary dramatic texts. Previous monograph publications include Staging Fictions - The Prose Fiction Stage Adaptation as Social Allegory (2004), Hong Kong - A Cultural and Literary History (2007), Stage-play and Screen-play: The Intermediality of Theatre and Cinema (2017) and The Intertextuality and Intermediality of the Anglophone Popular Song (2022). He has also produced journal articles and book chapters on adaptation for stage and screen, early modern drama, documentary and feature film in Asian and Western contexts, and drama pedagogy.

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