The Politics of Alternative Theatre in Britain, 1968 1990: The Case of 7:84 (Scotland)

ISBN-13: 9780521554565 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 262 str.

Maria Dicenzo

Opis

This is the first book to examine one of the most influential modern theater companies, 7:84 (Scotland), under the directorship of John McGrath. DiCenzo explores not only the development of this company but also the growth of popular theater in general within the past twenty years. DiCenzo also offers a new methodology for analyzing records and materials found in theater company archives. With valuable primary source material and informative production photographs and company posters, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern British theater and social history.

Recenzje

"...a clearly written and very valuable introduction to a style of radical theatre which still has a lot to teach. ...Maria DiCenzo's welcome study may then be seen as an especially timely reminder of the power of theatre ti inject subversive vitality into the heart of the body politic." Baz Kershaw, Letters in Canada

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Foreword John McGrath; Acknowledgements; Part I. Methodology and Context: 1. Introduction; producing theatre histories; 2. Creating a context: alternative theatre in the seventies and eighties; Part II. A Case Study of 7:84 (Scotland): 3. Anatomy of a popular political theatre company; 4. Making socialist theatre: the theory; 5. From theory to practice: the plays; Afterword; Appendix: 7:84 (Scotland) productions, 1973–1988; Bibliography; Index.