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Harold Pinter and the New British Theatre

Author : D. Keith Peacock
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harold Pinter and the New British Theatre written by D. Keith Peacock and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-09-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold Pinter is universally described as Britain's leading dramatist. This book evaluates the justification for this appellation. It examines his work in relation to changes taking place in the New British Theatre after the so-called theatrical revolution of 1956, and draws attention to those autobiographical experiences that have been transmuted into his art. Beginning with a look at the nature of British theatre prior to 1956, Peacock then describes Pinter's early life in the East End of London, his career as an actor, and his early writing. The discussion follows Pinter's life and work from ^IThe Room^R in 1957 to his most recent play, Ashes to Ashes in 1996. The author argues that although Pinter has not instigated an aesthetic revolution, he has, more significantly, through his representation of human behavior, provoked a new way of viewing the world.

British Theatre Since the War

Author : Dominic Shellard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300147910
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book British Theatre Since the War written by Dominic Shellard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British theatre of the past fifty years has been brilliant, varied, and controversial, encompassing invigorating indigenous drama, politically didactic writing, the formation of such institutions as the National Theatre, the exporting of musicals worldwide from the West End, and much more. This entertaining and authoritative book is the first comprehensive account of British theatre in this period. Dominic Shellard moves chronologically through the half-century, discussing important plays, performers, directors, playwrights, critics, censors, and agents as well as the social, political, and financial developments that influenced the theatre world. Drawing on previously unseen material (such as the Kenneth Tynan archives), first-hand testimony, and detailed research, Shellard tackles several long-held assumptions about drama of the period. He questions the dominance of Look Back in Anger in the 1950s, arguing that much of the theatre of the ten years prior to its premiere in 1956 was vibrant and worthwhile. He suggests that theatre criticism, theatre producers, and such institutions as the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company have played key roles in the evolution of recent drama. And he takes a fresh look at the work of Terence Rattigan, Harold Pinter, Joe Orton, Alan Ayckbourn, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and other significant playwrights of the modern era. The book will be a valuable resource not only for students of theatre history but also for any theatre enthusiast.

The Angry Theatre

Author : John Russell Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Angry Theatre written by John Russell Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rewriting the Nation

Author : Aleks Sierz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408145707
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Rewriting the Nation written by Aleks Sierz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The New British Theatre

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The New British Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre

Author : Franc Chamberlain
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136465014
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre written by Franc Chamberlain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre. The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Causcasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicte is just the tip of the Iceberg. The contributors to this volume, most of them engaged in applying Lecoq's work, chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our conceptions of mime, physical theatre, actor training, devising street theatre and interculturalism. This lively - even provocative - collection of essays focuses academic debate and raises awareness of the impact of Lecoq's work in Britain today.

The New British theatre; a selection of original dramas, not yet acted; some of which have been offered for representation, but not accepted: with critical remarks by the ed

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Author : John Galt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The New British theatre; a selection of original dramas, not yet acted; some of which have been offered for representation, but not accepted: with critical remarks by the ed written by John Galt and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Affects in 21st-Century British Theatre

Author : Mireia Aragay
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030584860
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Affects in 21st-Century British Theatre written by Mireia Aragay and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the various manifestations of affects in British theatre of the 21st century. The introduction gives a concise survey of existing and emerging theoretical and research trends and argues in favour of a capacious understanding of affects that mediates between more autonomous and more social approaches. The twelve chapters in the collection investigate major works in Britain by playwrights and theatre makers including Mojisola Adebayo, Mike Bartlett, Alice Birch, Caryl Churchill, Tim Crouch and Andy Smith, Rachel De-lahay, Reginald Edmund, James Fritz, David Greig, Idris Goodwin, Zinnie Harris, Kieran Hurley, Lucy Kirkwood, Anders Lustgarten, Yolanda Mercy, Anthony Neilson, Lucy Prebble, Sh!t Theatre, Penelope Skinner, Stef Smith, Kae Tempest and debbie tucker green. The interpretations identify significant areas of tension as they relate affects to the fields of cognition, politics and hope. In this, the chapters uncover interrelations of thought, intention and empathy; they reveal the nexus between identities, institutions and ideology; and, finally, they explore how theatre can accomplish the transition from a sense of crisis to utopian visions.

Contemporary British Theatre

Author : V. Angelaki
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137010134
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary British Theatre written by V. Angelaki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together a team of internationally prominent academics and delivers cutting-edge discourse on the strongly emerging tradition of experimentation in contemporary British theatre - redefining what the dramatic stands for today. Each chapter of the collection focuses on influential contemporary plays and playwrights.

The Cambridge History of British Theatre

Author : Jane Milling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521650682
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of British Theatre written by Jane Milling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Reverberations Across Small-scale British Theatre

Author : Patrick Duggan
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781783202973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Reverberations Across Small-scale British Theatre written by Patrick Duggan and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1960 and 2010, a new generation of British avant-garde theater companies, directors, designers, and performers emerged. Some of these companies and individuals have endured to become part of theater history while others have disappeared from the scene, mutated into new forms, or become part of the establishment. Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre at long last puts these small-scale British theater companies and personalities in the scholarly spotlight. By questioning what "Britishness" meant in relation to the small-scale work of these practitioners, contributors articulate how it is reflected in the goals, manifestos, and aesthetics of these companies.

The New British Theatre

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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The New British Theatre

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In-Yer-Face Theatre

Author : Aleks Sierz
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571318495
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book In-Yer-Face Theatre written by Aleks Sierz and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most controversial and newsworthy plays of British theatre are a rash of rude, vicious and provocative pieces by a brat pack of twentysomethings whose debuts startled critics and audiences with their heady mix of sex, violence and street-poetry. In-Yer-Face Theatre is the first book to study this exciting outburst of creative self-expression by what in other contexts has been called Generation X, or Thatcher's Children, the 'yoof' who grew up during the last Conservative Government. The book argues that, for example, Trainspotting, Blasted, Mojo and Shopping and F**king are much more than a collection of shock tactics - taken together, they represent a consistent critique of modern life, one which focuses on the problem of violence, the crisis of masculinity and the futility of consumerism. The book contains extensive interviews with playwrights, including Sarah Kane ( Blasted), Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and F**king), Philip Ridley (The Pitchfork Disney), Patrick Marber (Closer) and Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane).

Changing Stages

Author : Richard Eyre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747552543
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Changing Stages written by Richard Eyre and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, spirited account of the history of twentieth century theatre by two of its most distinguished practitioners.

King Lear

Author : Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135973652
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book King Lear written by Jeffrey Kahan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing, editing, and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship, performance research, and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes, Richard Knowles, Tom Clayton, Cynthia Clegg, Edward L. Rocklin, Christy Desmet, Paul Cantor, Robert V. Young, Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink

A Small Family Business

Author : Alan Ayckbourn
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573693779
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book A Small Family Business written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack McCraken has the opportunity of a lifetime: he is the new head of a family furniture business and believes he will initiate a new age of honesty and integrity. He quickly learns that everyone else involved in the enterprise has a vested interest in maintaining business as usual, rife with dishonesty and deceit "--