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Contemporary Scottish Plays

Author : Alistair Beaton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147257446X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Scottish Plays written by Alistair Beaton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To paraphrase Alistair Beaton's Caledonia - the first play in this collection - 'The English have anthologies, the Spanish have anthologies, the French have anthologies . . . why should not Scotland have its anthology?' Scotland is entering a crucial period in its history, where its identity is being debated daily, from everyday conversation to the national and international press. At the same time, its theatre is resurgent, with key Scottish playwrights, theatres and theatre companies expanding their performance vocabularies while coming to prominence in national and international contexts. Caledonia is a tale of hubris and delusion, portraying a crucial slice of Scotland's history and its foray into imperial colonialism told with dark humour and creative flair, by award-winning playwright and satirist Alistair Beaton. Bullet Catch, by Rob Drummond, is a unique theatrical experience exploring the world of magic, featuring mind-reading, levitation, and the most notorious finale in show business. Morna Pearson's The Artist Man and the Mother Woman is a wickedly funny, deceptively simple, surreal portrait of a spectacularly dysfunctional relationship. Rantin', by Kieran Hurley draws on storytelling, live music and an unapologetically haphazard take on Scottish folk tradition, in an attempt to stitch together fragmented stories to reveal a botched patchwork of a nation. First performed at the Royal Court in 2013, Narrative by Anthony Neilson is a theatrical exploration of the the boundaries and possibilities of storytelling. Featuring plays from Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Kieran Hurley and Anthony Neilson, this collection is edited by Dr. Trish Reid, a leading critical voice on Scottish theatre.

Contemporary Scottish Plays

Author : Alistair Beaton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472574443
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Scottish Plays written by Alistair Beaton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To paraphrase Alistair Beaton's Caledonia - the first play in this collection - 'The English have anthologies, the Spanish have anthologies, the French have anthologies . . . why should not Scotland have its anthology?' Scotland is entering a crucial period in its history, where its identity is being debated daily, from everyday conversation to the national and international press. At the same time, its theatre is resurgent, with key Scottish playwrights, theatres and theatre companies expanding their performance vocabularies while coming to prominence in national and international contexts. Caledonia is a tale of hubris and delusion, portraying a crucial slice of Scotland's history and its foray into imperial colonialism told with dark humour and creative flair, by award-winning playwright and satirist Alistair Beaton. Bullet Catch, by Rob Drummond, is a unique theatrical experience exploring the world of magic, featuring mind-reading, levitation, and the most notorious finale in show business. Morna Pearson's The Artist Man and the Mother Woman is a wickedly funny, deceptively simple, surreal portrait of a spectacularly dysfunctional relationship. Rantin', by Kieran Hurley draws on storytelling, live music and an unapologetically haphazard take on Scottish folk tradition, in an attempt to stitch together fragmented stories to reveal a botched patchwork of a nation. First performed at the Royal Court in 2013, Narrative by Anthony Neilson is a theatrical exploration of the the boundaries and possibilities of storytelling. Featuring plays from Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Kieran Hurley and Anthony Neilson, this collection is edited by Dr. Trish Reid, a leading critical voice on Scottish theatre.

Contemporary Scottish Plays for Higher English and Drama

Author : Anne Gifford
Publisher : Hodder Gibson
ISBN 13 : 9780340803219
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Scottish Plays for Higher English and Drama by : Anne Gifford

Download or read book Contemporary Scottish Plays for Higher English and Drama written by Anne Gifford and published by Hodder Gibson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the new features of the new Higher English arrangements is the requirement to study at least one Scottish text. There is a lack of suitable material from Scottish writers, and in particular a lack of drama. This anthology inlcudes three plays by Scottish dramatists, with commentary and activities written by the authors to provide all the teaching resources necessary. Each play should work with different levels of student, so that the resource can be used across the Higher Still programme.

Scottish Plays for Schools

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Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340946282
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Plays for Schools written by and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish Plays for Schools is a collection of six plays by contemporary Scottish writers intended for use in Scottish secondary schools. The individual plays are appropriate for a wide age-range of students, and can be performed within the context of English or Drama classrooms ranging from S1 to S6, although many will be particularly appropriate for use with Intermediate or Standard Grade classes. All plays have supplementary follow-up activities for the classroom, provided by Roy McGregor, drama teacher and author of Dramascripts 11-14.

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748646345
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama written by Ian Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and formsThe 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre, with particular attention to the last 100 years.The first part of the volume covers Scottish drama from the earliest records to the late twentieth-century literary revival, as well as translation in Scottish theatre and non-theatrical drama. The second part focuses on the work of influential Scottish playwrights, from J. M. Barrie and James Bridie to Ena Lamont Stewart, Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan and right up to contemporary playwrights Anthony Neilson, Gregory Burke, Henry Adams and Douglas Maxwell.

Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature

Author : Berthold Schoene
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748630287
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature written by Berthold Schoene and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature examines the ways in which the cultural and political role of Scottish writing has changed since the country's successful referendum on national self-rule in 1997. In doing so, it makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. Introducing over forty original essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume covers the entire spectrum of current interests and topical concerns in the field of Scottish studies and heralds a new era in Scottish writing, literary criticism and cultural theory. It records and critically outlines prominent literary trends and developments, the specific political circumstances and aesthetic agendas that propel them, as well as literature's capacity for envisioning new and alternative futures. Issues under discussion include class, sexuality and gender, nationhood and globalisation, the New Europe and cosmopolitan citizenship, postcoloniality,

Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969

Author : Mark Brown
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319986392
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969 written by Mark Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Scottish theatre has, since the late 1960s, undergone an artistic renaissance, driven by European Modernist aesthetics. Combining detailed research and analysis with exclusive interviews with ten leading figures in modern Scottish drama, the book sets out the case for the last half-century as the strongest period in the history of the Scottish stage. Mark Brown traces the development of Scottish theatre’s Modernist revolution from the arrival of influential theatre director Giles Havergal at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1969 through to the advent of the National Theatre of Scotland in 2006. Finally, the book contemplates the future of Scotland’s theatrical renaissance. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary theatre and/or the modern history of live drama in Scotland.

Scottish Theatre: Diversity, Language, Continuity

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9401209944
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Theatre: Diversity, Language, Continuity written by Ian Brown and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the dominant view of a broken and discontinuous dramatic culture in Scotland, this book outlines the variety and richness of the nation ́s performance traditions and multilingual theatre history. Brown illuminates enduring strands of hybridity and diversity which use theatre and theatricality as a means of challenging establishment views, and of exploring social, political, and religious change. He describes the ways in which politically and religiously divisive moments in Scottish history, such as the Reformation and political Union, fostered alternative dramatic modes and means of expression. This major revisionist history also analyses the changing relationships between drama, culture, and political change in Scotland in the 20th and 21st centuries, drawing on the work of an extensive range of modern and contemporary Scottish playwrights and drama practitioners. Ian Brown is a playwright, poet and Professor of Drama at Kingston University, London. Until recently Chair of the Scottish Society of Playwrights, he was General Editor of the Edinburgh History of Scottish Theatre (EUP, 2007) and editor of From Tartan to Tartanry: Scottish Culture, History and Myth (EUP, 2010) and The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama (EUP, 2011). He has published widely on theatre, cultural policy and literature and language.

A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama

Author : Nadine Holdsworth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118739078
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Book Synopsis A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama by : Nadine Holdsworth

Download or read book A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama written by Nadine Holdsworth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. It investigates why particular issues and practices have emerged as significant in the theatre of this period.

Scotland Plays

Author : Philip Howard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9781854593832
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Scotland Plays written by Philip Howard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging new collection of recent plays from Scotland.

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights

Author : Martin Middeke
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408159678
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights written by Martin Middeke and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars, it will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama. Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, Debbie Tucker Green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean. Each essay features: A biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright A discussion of their most important plays An analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre A bibliography of texts and critical material

The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights

Author : Elaine Aston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521595339
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights written by Elaine Aston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.

Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: Modern Transformations: New Identities (from 1918)

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748630651
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Book Synopsis Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: Modern Transformations: New Identities (from 1918) by : Ian Brown

Download or read book Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: Modern Transformations: New Identities (from 1918) written by Ian Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost a century since the First World War ended, Scotland has been transformed in many rich ways. Its literature has been an essential part of that transformation. The third volume of the History, explores the vibrancy of modern Scottish literature in all its forms and languages. Giving full credit to writing in Gaelic and by the Scottish diaspora, it brings together the best contemporary critical insights from three continents. It provides an accessible and refreshing picture of both the varieties of Scottish literatures and the kaleidoscopic versions of Scotland that mark literary developments since 1918.

Community in Modern Scottish Literature

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004317457
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Community in Modern Scottish Literature written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community in Modern Scottish Literature is the first book to examine representations and theories of community in Scottish writing of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries across a broad range of authors and from various conceptual perspectives.

A Theatre that Matters

Author : Valentina Poggi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Theatre that Matters written by Valentina Poggi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scottish Theatre Since the Seventies

Author : Randall Stevenson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474472869
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Theatre Since the Seventies written by Randall Stevenson and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written accessibly for the theatre-going general public, this is an ideal guide to the new Scottish theatre: its people, its plays, its politics, its companies and its audiences. Directors, playwrights, journalists and distinguished theatre critics offer personal, challenging and wide-ranging insights into the last 25 years of Scottish theatre.

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748688374
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama written by Ian Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal guide for students and theatre-lovers alike, the Companion explores the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre over the last hundred years.