Contemporary British Drama:
This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and social context. It examines the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging styles of the past decade and how they are related.Beginni...
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| Summary: | This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and social context. It examines the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging styles of the past decade and how they are related.Beginning with an examination of how dramatic literature and the writer are placed in the contemporary theatre, the book then provides detailed analyses of the texts, companies and writing processes involved in six different professional contexts: new writing, verbatim theatre, writing and devising, Black and Asian theatre, writing for young people and adaptation and transposition. The chapters cover contemporary practitioners, including Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke, Robin Soans, Alecky Blythe, Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edward Bond, Filter Theatre and Headlong, and offers detailed case-studies and examples of their work.Key FeaturesThe first book to examine contemporary British drama from the In-Yer-Face era (1995 - 2000) to the present day and track the changes and developments through this periodExtended case-studies of Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke and Caryl Churchill and the last decade of new writing in BritainFocus on recent adaptation, including Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Filter Theatre and Headlong |
| Item Description: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (240 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780748643240 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780748643240 |
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| spelling | Lane, David Verfasser aut Contemporary British Drama David Lane Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022] © 2010 1 Online-Ressource (240 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature : ECGL Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022) This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and social context. It examines the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging styles of the past decade and how they are related.Beginning with an examination of how dramatic literature and the writer are placed in the contemporary theatre, the book then provides detailed analyses of the texts, companies and writing processes involved in six different professional contexts: new writing, verbatim theatre, writing and devising, Black and Asian theatre, writing for young people and adaptation and transposition. The chapters cover contemporary practitioners, including Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke, Robin Soans, Alecky Blythe, Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edward Bond, Filter Theatre and Headlong, and offers detailed case-studies and examples of their work.Key FeaturesThe first book to examine contemporary British drama from the In-Yer-Face era (1995 - 2000) to the present day and track the changes and developments through this periodExtended case-studies of Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke and Caryl Churchill and the last decade of new writing in BritainFocus on recent adaptation, including Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Filter Theatre and Headlong In English Literary Studies LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama bisacsh English drama History and criticism 20th century English drama History and criticism 21st century English drama 20th century History and criticism English drama 21st century History and criticism https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748643240 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
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