A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3053-0
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture

Focusing on major and emerging playwrights, institutions, and various theatre practices this Concise Companion examines the key issues in British and Irish theatre since 1979. Written by leading international scholars in the field, this collection offers new ways of thinking about the social, political, and cultural contexts within which specific aspects of British and Irish theatre have emerged and explores the relationship between these contexts and the works produced.

The collection analyzes key issues such as globalization, genocide, migration, and national identity, forms such as verbatim theatre and site-specific performance, the use of new technologies, and the practice of physical theatre. It investigates why particular issues and practices have emerged as significant in the theatre of this period.

Zielgruppe

intermediate to advanced undergraduate students, postgraduates, and lecturers in the fields of drama, theatre studies, and English literature

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holdsworth, Nadine

Luckhurst, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction: Nadine Holdsworth (University of Warwick) and Mary Luckhurst (University of York).

Part I: National Politics and Identities:.

1. Europe in Flux: Exploring Revolution and Migration in British Plays of the 1990s: Geoff Willcocks (Coventry University).

2. 'I'll See You Yesterday': Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and the Captivating Past: Claire Gleitman (Ithaca College).

3. Black British Drama and the Politics of Identity: D. Keith Peacock (University of Hull).

4. Northern Irish Drama: Speaking the Peace: Tom Maguire (University of Ulster).

Part II: Sites, Cities and Landscapes:.

5. The Production of 'Site': Site-Specific Theatre: Fiona Wilkie (Roehampton University).

6. Staging an Urban Nation: Place and Identity in Contemporary Welsh Theatre: Heike Roms (University of Wales, Aberystwyth).

7. The Landscape of Contemporary Scottish Drama: Place, Politics and Identity: Nadine Holdsworth (University of Warwick).

Part III: The Body, Text and the Real:.

8. The Body's Cruel Joke: The Comic Theatre of Sarah Kane: Ken Urban (Harvard University).

9. Physical Theatre: Complicite and the Question of Authority: Helen Freshwater (Birkbeck College, University of London).

10. Verbatim Theatre, Media Relations and Ethics: Mary Luckhurst (University of York).

Part IV: Science, Ethics and New Technologies:.

11. Theatre and Science: David Higgins (University of Leeds).

12. From the State of the Nation to Globalization: Shifting Political Agendas in Contemporary British Playwriting: Dan Rebellato (Royal Holloway, University of London).

13. Theatre for a Media-Saturated Age: Sarah Gorman (Roehampton University).

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Luckhurst, Mary
Mary Luckhurst is Professor of Modern Drama and co-founder of the prestigious new Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York. She has edited A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama (Blackwell 2006) and is the author of Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre (2006), co-author of The Drama Handbook: A Guide to Reading Plays (2002), and co-editor of Theatre and Celebrity in Britain, 1660-2000 (2005). She has also edited The Creative Writing Handbook: Techniques for New Writers (1996), On Directing: Interviews with Directors (1999), and On Acting: Interviews with Actors (2002) and Playing for Real (Palgrave 2010). She is a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and in 2012-13 was among 14 leading UK scholars to be awarded an international scholarship in recognition of her outstanding contributions to theatre pedagogy and research.

Holdsworth, Nadine
Nadine Holdsworth is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick. She has published widely on twentieth and twenty-first century British theatre and is the author of Joan Littlewood's Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Theatre & Nation (Palgrave, 2010) and Joan Littlewood (Routledge, 2006). She has also edited John McGrath’s collected writings on theatre, Naked Thoughts That Roam About (Nick Hern, 2002) and his Plays for England (Exeter University Press, 2005).

Nadine Holdsworth is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick. She has recently published Joan Littlewood as part of the Routledge Performance Practitioners series and previously edited John McGrath's collected writings on theatre, Naked Thoughts That Roam About (Nick Hern, 2002) and his Plays for England (Exeter University Press, 2005).

Mary Luckhurst is Senior Lecturer in Modern Drama at the University of York. She has edited A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama (Blackwell 2006) and is the author of Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre (2006), co-author of The Drama Handbook: A Guide to Reading Plays (2002), and co-editor of Theatre and Celebrity in Britain, 1660-2000 (2005). She has also edited The Creative Writing Handbook: Techniques for New Writers (1996), On Directing: Interviews with Directors (1999), and On Acting: Interviews with Actors (2002). In 2006 she was awarded a University of York teaching award and made a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to drama teaching and research.