Contemporary Australian Playwriting
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Contemporary Australian Playwriting
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Author : Chris Hay
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-11-29
Contemporary Australian Playwriting written by Chris Hay and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-29 with Drama categories.
Contemporary Australian Playwriting provides a thorough and accessible overview of the diverse and exciting new directions that Australian Playwriting is taking in the twenty-first century. In 2007, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was William Shakespeare. In 2019, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was Nakkiah Lui, a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman. This book explores what has happened both on stage and off to generate this remarkable change. As writers of colour, queer writers, and gender diverse writers are produced on the mainstage in larger numbers, they bring new critical directions to the twenty-first century Australian stage. At a politically turbulent time when national identity is fractured, this book examines the ways in which Australia’s leading playwrights have interrogated, problematised, and tried to make sense of the nation. Tracing contemporary trends, the book takes a thematic approach to the re-evaluation of the nation that is dramatized in key Australian plays. Each chapter is accompanied by a duologue between two of the playwrights whose work has been analysed, to provide a dual perspective of theory and practice.
Contemporary Australian Playwrights
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Author : Jennifer Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Contemporary Australian Playwrights written by Jennifer Palmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Australian drama categories.
Belonging
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Author : John McCallum
language : en
Publisher: Currency Press Pty Limited
Release Date : 2009
Belonging written by John McCallum and has been published by Currency Press Pty Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Australian drama categories.
John McCallum's new history explores the relationship between 20th century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation. The book focuses on the creative tension sparked by dueling impulses between nationalism and cosmopolitanism; and between artistic seriousness and larrikin populism. It explores issues such as the domineering influence of European high culture, the ongoing popularity of representational realism, the influence of popular theatrical forms, the ambivalence (between affection and aggression) of much Australian humour and satire, and the interaction between the personal and the political in drama. The strength of "Belonging" is its comprehensiveness, anyone studying an Australian play will find an account of it here in the context of the other works by its author or the time and place in which it was written. As well as a rundown of the major writers and their works, and an account of how the minor writers fitted in, the book also investigates the more obscure plays and writers about whom little has been written. This authoritative study of Australian drama gives an account of the relationship between our theatre and our sense of self while taking into account a broad range of influences that helped to shape both.
Power Plays
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Author : Hilary Glow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Power Plays written by Hilary Glow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Australian drama categories.
The prominence and vehemence of public debate about Hannie Rayson's Two Brothers has renewed the public interest in the power of contemporary Australian theatre. Not since the 1970s has there been such mainstream media attention on the work and role of Australian playwrights. "Power Plays" capitalises on this moment of renewed and heightened interest by investigating the why and the how of eight contemporary Australian playwrights: Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Reg Cribb, Ben Ellis, Wesley Enoch, Hannie Rayson, Stephen Sewell and Katherine Thomson. These writers are passionate about the theatre as a forum for public discussion and they interrogate current issues in their work. Their plays reflect the passing show of cultural, political and economic life in Australia, telling audiences something critical about what is going on: this is the state of play, this is what we are. The author has conducted extensive interviews with these writers and offers an extended analysis of some of their recent plays.
Contemporary Australian Drama
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Author : Peter Holloway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Contemporary Australian Drama written by Peter Holloway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Drama categories.
Historical perspectives - Critical perspectives.
Contemporary Australian Drama
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Author : Leonard Radic
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Contemporary Australian Drama written by Leonard Radic and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Drama categories.
In the late 1960s, new theatre companies who had a passion for Australianess, were created in opposition to stuffy, mostly imported theatre of no relevance to themselves. This work gives insights on how the new drama explored Australian themes and issues, in a theatre where the playwright had pride of place.
John Romeril
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Author : Gareth Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 1993
John Romeril written by Gareth Griffiths and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Drama categories.
John Romeril has been one of the most prolific contributors to Australian theatre in the last twenty years. But since until recently few of his plays have been published, he has had inadequate recognition. As a founding member of the APG he was 'in at the start' of the revival of the so-called New Wave in Australian drama in the sixties. Romeril continues to be a leading influence in contemporary theatre. His work ranges from the well-known The Floating World (1974) to such recent successes as the community based play The Kelly Dance (1984), the mainstream drama Lost Weekend (1989) and the political play Black Cargo (1991). John Romeril is truly the great survivor of modern Australian theatre.
Playing Australia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-18
Playing Australia written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Playing Australia explores the insights and challenges that Australian theatre can offer the international theatre community. Collectively, the essays in this book ask what Australian drama is, has been, and might be, both to Australians and non-Australians, when it is performed in national and international arenas. Playing Australia ranges widely in its discussions and includes analysis of Australian practitioners playing away from home; playing with Australian stereotypes; and the relationship between play, culture, politics and national identity. Topics addressed in this diverse collection include: whiteness, otherness and negotiations of Aboriginal and Asian identities; Australian school and college drama; the discourse of Australian professional theatre magazines: Aboriginal Shakespeare; Australian drama and Australian cricket; the marketing of Australianness in Germany; the international successes of Tap Dogs and Cloudstreet. New histories of Australian theatre are offered and practitioners whose careers are reconsidered in detail include high wire-walker Ella Zuila, playwright May Holt, suffrage worker and playwright Inez Bensusan, classicist Gilbert Murray, and commercial playwright Haddon Chambers. With contributions from authors as diverse as Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington and leading post-colonial critic Helen Gilbert, and interview discussion with Cate Blanchett and Tap Dogs producer Wayne Harrison, Playing Australia seeks to pay tribute to the complexities of Australian theatre experiences, to reassess Australian theatre as a significant force in the international arena and to challenge traditional thinking on what Australian theatre can be.
Australian Contemporary Drama
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Author : Dennis Carroll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Australian Contemporary Drama written by Dennis Carroll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Drama categories.
Analyses major playwrights of this century studying theme, structure and style - Aboriginal drama - Vance Palmer - Sumner Locke Elliott - Douglas Stewart - Patrick White - Thomas Keneally - David Williamson - Michael Gow.
Sightlines
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Author : Helen Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1998
Sightlines written by Helen Gilbert and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Drama categories.
SIGHTLINES explores Australian drama for its complex negotiations of race, gender, and postcolonialism. Drama scholar Helen Gilbert discusses an exciting variety of plays. Although focused mainly on performance, her insistent interest in historical and political contexts also speaks to the broader concerns of cultural studies. 23 illustrations.