British Theatre Of The 1990s
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British Theatre Of The 1990s
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Author : M. Aragay
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-04-23
British Theatre Of The 1990s written by M. Aragay and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-23 with Performing Arts categories.
This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre - the 1990s. With a particular focus on 'in-yer-face theatre', this volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary British theatre.
Sublime Drama
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Author : Elzbieta Iwona Baraniecka
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-28
Sublime Drama written by Elzbieta Iwona Baraniecka and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with Drama categories.
British drama of the 1990s is most commonly associated with the term in-yer-face theatre, which was coined by Aleks Sierz to describe the shocking and provocative work of emerging playwrights such as Mark Ravenhill or Sarah Kane. Taking a cue from Sierz’s own suggestion that what still remains to be researched more thoroughly in this field is the particular relationship between the stage and the audience, this monograph undertakes precisely that task. Rather than use the term offered by Sierz, however, the study proposes a different concept to account for the dynamics of communication within the particular theatre of the 1990s, namely the aesthetic category of the sublime. Coupled with elements of Reader Response Theory, the sublime proves to be a more fruitful term, as it provides more precise tools for the analysis of the audience’s aesthetic response than does in-yer-face theatre. With the help of four representative plays by four key playwrights of that time, Closer by Patrick Marber, Normal by Anthony Neilson, Faust is Dead by Mark Ravenhill and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, the book details the consecutive stages in the process of the plays’ reception that the members of the audience go through while forming their aesthetic response to them. Looking through the prism of the sublime, the study not only offers a detailed analysis of each play but also suggests an entirely new approach to British drama of the 1990s.
Modern British Playwriting The 1990s
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Author : Aleks Sierz
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Modern British Playwriting The 1990s written by Aleks Sierz and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
British theatre of the 1990s witnessed an explosion of new talent and presented a new sensibility that sent shockwaves through audiences and critics. What produced this change, the context from which the work emerged, the main playwrights and plays, and the influence they had on later work are freshly evaluated in this important new study in Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series. The 1990s volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane (by Catherine Rees), Anthony Neilson (Patricia Reid), Mark Ravenhill (Graham Saunders) and Philip Ridley (Aleks Sierz). Essential for students of Theatre Studies, the series of six decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced from the 1950s to 2009. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights besides other theatre work, together with an extensive commentary on the period. Readers will understand the works in their contexts and be presented with fresh research material and a reassessment from the perspective of the twenty-first century. This is an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of British playwriting in the 1990s.
Modern British Playwriting
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Author : Aleks Sierz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Modern British Playwriting written by Aleks Sierz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with English drama categories.
This volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, and Philip Ridley.
British Drama Of The 90s
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Author : Irina Giertz
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2014-12-01
British Drama Of The 90s written by Irina Giertz and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Exam Revision from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Cologne (Institut für Englische Philologie), course: British Drama of the 90s, language: English, abstract: The most frequently used characteristics of in-yer-face theatre are sensation, shock, confrontation, taboo breaking, disturbing, provocative, attacking. It is a theatre of sensation, both actors and spectators are kicked out of the orbit/domain of conventional reactions, touches nerves, provokes alarm. Often such dramas employ shock tactics, or is shocking because it is new in tone or structure, or because it is more experimental than what the audience is used to. It questions moral norms and affronts the dominating ideas of what can or should be shown onstage. It also works with more primitive feelings, smashing taboos, mentioning the forbidden, creating discomfort.
British Theatre Yearbook 1990
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Author : David Lemmon
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 1990-03-01
British Theatre Yearbook 1990 written by David Lemmon and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-03-01 with Drama categories.
British Drama Of The 1990s
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Author : Bernhard Reitz
language : en
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
Release Date : 2002
British Drama Of The 1990s written by Bernhard Reitz and has been published by Universitatsverlag Winter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with English drama categories.
Contents: - Klaus-Peter Muller: Political Plays in England in the 1990s. - Mark Berninger: Variations of a Genre. The British History Play in the Nineties. - Mary Luckhurst: An Embarrassment of Riches. Women Dramatists in the 1990s Britain. - Heiko Stahl: 'There ain't no black in the Union Jack' vs 'England is de place for me'. Black Women Playwrights in Britain in the 1990s. - Christopher Innes: Science on the Stage. - Aleks Sierz: In-Yer-Face Theatre. Mark Ravenhill and 1990s Drama. Graham Saunders: The Apocalyptic Theatre of Sarah Kane. - Michael Raab: 'Post-feminist masculinity and all that shit'. Patrick Marber's Closer in London and Munich.- Raimund Borgmeier: 'Convergences of different threads'. Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love (1997). Bernhard Reitz: "just wouldn't want to be at the other end of his anger". Harold Pinter's political Plays of the Nienties. - Heiner Zimmermann: Howard Barker in the Nineties.
Brecht And Post 1990s British Drama
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Author : Anja Hartl
language : en
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Release Date : 2022-07-28
Brecht And Post 1990s British Drama written by Anja Hartl and has been published by Methuen Drama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with Performing Arts categories.
Can theatre change the world? If so, how can it productively connect with social reality and foster spectatorial critique and engagement? This book examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political moment. It argues that Bertolt Brecht's concept of dialectical theatre represents a privileged theoretical and dramaturgical method on the contemporary British stage as well as a valuable lens for understanding 21st-century theatre in Britain. Establishing a creative philosophical dialogue between Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno and Jacques Rancière, the study analyses seminal works by five influential contemporary playwrights, ranging from Mark Ravenhill's 'in-yer-face' plays to Caryl Churchill's 21st century theatrical experiments. Engaging critically with Brecht's theatrical legacy, these plays create a politically progressive form of drama which emphasises notions of negativity, ambivalence and conflict as a prerequisite for spectatorial engagement and emancipation. This book adopts an interdisciplinary and intercultural theoretical approach, reuniting English and German perspectives and innovatively weaving together a variety of theoretical strands to offer fresh insights on Brecht's legacy, on British theatre history and on the selected plays.
British Theatre And Performance 1900 1950
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Author : Rebecca D'Monte
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-26
British Theatre And Performance 1900 1950 written by Rebecca D'Monte and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Performing Arts categories.
British theatre from 1900 to 1950 has been subject to radical re-evaluation with plays from the period setting theatres alight and gaining critical acclaim once again; this book explains why, presenting a comprehensive survey of the theatre and how it shaped the work that followed. Rebecca D'Monte examines how the emphasis upon the working class, 'angry' drama from the 1950s has led to the neglect of much of the century's earlier drama, positioning the book as part of the current debate about the relationship between war and culture, the middlebrow, and historiography. In a comprehensive survey of the period, the book considers: - the Edwardian theatre; - the theatre of the First World War, including propaganda and musicals; -the interwar years, the rise of commercial theatre and influence of Modernism; - the theatre of the Second World War and post-war period. Essays from leading scholars Penny Farfan, Steve Nicholson and Claire Cochrane give further critical perspectives on the period's theatre and demonstrate its relevance to the drama of today. For anyone studying 20th-century British Drama this will prove one of the foundational texts.
Rewriting The Nation
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Author : Aleks Sierz
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-01-25
Rewriting The Nation written by Aleks Sierz and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students of theatre studies and theatre-goers Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today is a perfect companion to Britain's burgeoning theatre writing scene. It explores the context from which new plays have emerged and charts the way that playwrights have responded to the key concerns of the decade and helped shape our sense of who we are. In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the London fringe and the work of touring companies. In the second part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply involved in the project of rewriting the nation.