Contemporary British Drama

ISBN-13: 9781137610287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str.

UK) Rees Catherine (Loughborough

Opis

This guide offers a comprehensive account of British theatre from the 1960s to the present day. Placing critical commentary at the heart of its analysis, it explores how theatre critics and scholars have sought to understand and write about modern theatre, from the earliest reviews to revivals appearing decades later.

Spis treści

Introduction: Some key terms and ideas.- 1. The Rise of Political Theatre.- The Gendering of Political Theatre: Women’s writing and feminist drama.- 3. In-Yer-Face theatre: The shocking new face of political drama?.- 4. The ‘new’ political – verbatim theatre and theatre of the ‘real’.- 5. Global Theatres: Representing Race, Religion and Identity.- 6. New Theatre Forms – Adapting the Novel and Filming the Stage.- Conclusion.

O autorze

Catherine Rees is Programme Director for Drama at Loughborough University, UK.  She works mainly in the area of Contemporary British and Irish theatre, and has published on the work of, amongst others, Martin McDonagh, Sarah Kane and Harold Pinter.  Her main research interests involve analysing nation and gender in theatre texts, as well as exploring postmodern theatre, theatre and trauma and theatre and adaptation.