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Modern British playwriting : voices, documents, new interpretations. The 1980s.
Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights and plays from a decade when political and economic forces were changing society dramatically. It offers a broad survey of the context and of the playwrights and companies such as Co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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| Colección: | Decades of modern British playwriting.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the 1980s; Domestic life; Education; Culture; Media; Science, technology and industry; Political events; 1 Theatre in the 1980s; Thinking about the recent past; Institutions, policies and funding; New writing and playwrights in the 1980s; Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter; Present pasts; 2 Introducing the Playwrights; Crafting careers; Howard Barker; Jim Cartwright; Sarah Daniels; Timberlake Wertenbaker; 3 Playwrights and Plays; Howard Barker; The two lives of a play; The slippery Howard Barker.
- Victory: Choices in Reaction (1983)The Castle: A Triumph (1985); The Last Supper: A New Testament (1988); Jim Cartwright by David Lane; Career and context; Commonalities in Cartwright; Road: venue and programming; Bed: process and collaboration; Two: popular culture and performance; Conclusion; Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling; The question of realism; A laughing matter: issues, politics and comedy; Masterpieces; The Devil's Gateway; Neaptide; Still laughing; Timberlake Wertenbaker; The moment: 1988; The plays: brisk sensuality; The Grace of Mary Traverse; Our Country's Good.
- Love of the NightingaleAn assessment: interrogative affirmation; 4 Documents; Howard Barker; Jim Cartwright; Sarah Daniels; Timberlake Wertenbaker; Afterword; Making a name: critical reputations; Howard Barker; Jim Cartwright; Sarah Daniels; Timberlake Wertenbaker; Other histories; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Notes on Contributors.