Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 266 pages)
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781474213202
Series Statement:
Methuen drama engage
Content:
In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre has provided a unifying forum, treating spectators as citizens. This book critically deals with representative plays and playwrights who have stood out in the UK and internationally in the post-recession era, delivering theatre that in the process of being truthful to the contemporary experience has also redefined theatrical form and content. Built around a series of case-studies of seminal contemporary plays exploring issues of social and political crisis, the volume is augmented by interviews with UK and international directors, artistic directors and the playwrights whose work is examined. As well as considering UK stage productions, Angelaki analyses European, North American and Australian productions, of post-2000 plays. At the heart of the analysis and of the plays discussed is an appreciation of what interconnects artists and audiences, enabling the kind of mutual recognition that fosters the feeling of collectivity. As the book argues, this is the state whereby the theatre meets its social imperative by eradicating the distance between stage and spectator and creating a genuinely shared space of ideas and dialogue, taking on topics including the economy, materialism, debt culture, the environment, urban protest, social media and mental health. It demonstrates that such contemporary playwriting invests in and engenders moments of performative reciprocity and spirituality so as to present the audience with a cohesive collective experience
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-262) and index
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Theatres of Crisis -- 1. Too Much Information: Caryl Churchill and Post-millennial Angst -- 2. Occupy the Audience: Mike Bartlett and the Collectivity of Resistance -- 3. Defined by Debt: Dennis Kelly and Capitalist Dependencies -- 4. Austerity VS Prosperity: Duncan Macmillan, Nick Payne and the Economy of Emotion -- 5. Utopia to Dystopia: Martin Crimp and the Illusion of Insularity -- 6. The Darkness within: Simon Stephens and the Depth of Melancholy -- 7. Residues of Violence: debbie tucker green and Desolate Urban Landscapes -- 8. Trials of Happiness: Lucy Prebble and the Human Experiment -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Index.
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Also published in print
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474213196
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474213172
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474213165
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1474213162
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1474213170
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474213189
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781474213172
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781474213202
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