Reid Theatre and Scotland

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-29664-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Theatre And

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.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reid, Trish

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.