Theatre & Scotland

ISBN-13: 9780230292611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 120 str.

Trish Reid

Opis

In this cutting-edge text, Trish Reid offers a concise overview of the shifting roles of theatre and theatricality in Scottish culture. She asks important questions about the relationship between Scottish theatre, history and identity, and celebrates the recent emergence of a generation of internationally successful Scottish playwrights.

Spis treści

Series Editors' PrefaceForeword by Anthony Neilson Introduction: Histories and Myths Performing Scottishness Practices: Popular and Political Engagements: National and International Identities: Fixed and Fluid Conclusion Further Reading Acknowledgements.

O autorze

TRISH REID is Deputy Head of the School of Performance and Screen Studies at Kingston University, UK. She is the author of a number of articles and chapters on contemporary Scottish theatre, including 'Post Devolutionary Theatre' in The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama and 'Anthony Neilson' in Modern British Playwriting: the 1990s.