ISBN:
0511065272
,
9780511065279
,
0511058942
,
9780511058943
,
0511115911
,
9780511115912
,
0511067402
,
9780511067402
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 232 p
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24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in modern theatre
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Patterson, Michael Strategies of political theatre
Keywords:
English drama History and criticism. 20th century
;
Politics and literature History 20th century.
;
Theater Political aspects 20th century.
;
History
;
Political plays, English History and criticism.
;
English drama History and criticism
;
20th century
;
Politics and literature History
;
20th century
;
Great Britain
;
Theater Political aspects
;
History
;
20th century
;
Great Britain
;
Political plays, English History and criticism
;
Great Britain
;
Politics and literature History 20th century
;
Theater Political aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Political plays, English History and criticism
;
English drama History and criticism 20th century
;
English drama History and criticism. 20th century
;
Politics and literature History 20th century.
;
Theater Political aspects 20th century.
;
History
;
Political plays, English History and criticism.
;
DRAMA ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
;
English drama
;
Political plays, English
;
Politics and literature
;
Theater ; Political aspects
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Englisch
;
Politisches Theater
;
Great Britain
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Englisch
;
Politisches Theater
;
Geschichte 1959-1979
;
Englisch
;
Politisches Theater
;
Geschichte 1959-1979
Abstract:
Strategies of political theatre : a theoretical overview -- 'Reflectionist' strategy : 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- 'Interventionist' strategy : poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Dialectics of comedgy : Trevor Griffith's Comedians (1975) -- Appropriating middle-class comedy : Howard Barker's Stripwell -- Staging the future : Howard Breton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- Agit-prop revisited : John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- Brecht revisited : David Hare's Fanshen (1975) -- Rewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979)
Abstract:
This volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Caryl Churchill, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for a radical restructuring of society. The book begins with a discussion of the way that theatre has been used to convey a political message. Each chapter is then devoted to an exploration of the engagement of individual playwrights with left-wing political theatre, including a detailed analysis of one of their major plays. Despite political change since the 1980s, political playwriting continues to be a significant element in contemporary playwriting, but in a very changed form.--Publisher description; 1900 - 1999
Description / Table of Contents:
Strategies of political theatre : a theoretical overview -- 'Reflectionist' strategy : 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- 'Interventionist' strategy : poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Dialectics of comedgy : Trevor Griffith's Comedians (1975) -- Appropriating middle-class comedy : Howard Barker's Stripwell -- Staging the future : Howard Breton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- Agit-prop revisited : John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- Brecht revisited : David Hare's Fanshen (1975)
Description / Table of Contents:
Rewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
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