100 Plays to Save the World

ISBN-13: 9781839040498

Elizabeth Freestone;Jeanie O'Hare

Opis

'We - artists, thinkers, creators - have a responsibility to communicate the truth of the climate emergency. The world is shape-shifting and our culture must too.' This book is a guide to one hundred brilliant plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis. The plays - drawn from around the world, written by one hundred different writers, and demonstrating a vast span of styles, genres, dramatic traditions and cast sizes - all speak to an aspect of the climate emergency. Encompassing both famous plays and lesser-known works, the selection includes recent writing that explicitly wrestles with these issues, as well as classic texts in which these resonances now ring out clearly. Each play is explored in a concise essay illuminating key themes, and highlighting its contribution to our understanding of climate issues, with sections focusing on aspects including Destruction, Resources, Energy, Migration, Responsibility and Fightback. 100 Plays to Save the World is a book to provoke as well as inspire - to start conversations, to inform debate, to challenge our thinking, and to be a launchpad for future productions. It is also an empowering resource for theatre directors, producers, teachers, youth leaders and writers looking for plays that speak to our present moment. Above all, it is a call to arms to everyone who believes that art can shape the world - an invitation to step up, think big, and unleash theatre's power to help us imagine a better future into being. A NOTE ON PUBLICATION 100 Plays to Save the World will be produced by a carbon-neutral printer, powered exclusively by renewable energy, and using sustainably sourced materials accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council.