Image from Google Jackets

Contemporary British drama / David Lane.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh critical guides to literaturePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011Edition: Reprinted editionDescription: xxi, 218 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780748638222 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 822.91409 LAN 22
Partial contents:
In-Yer-Face theatre and legacies of the new writing boom -- Verbatim theatre : the rise of a political voice -- Writing and devising : the call for collaboration -- Black and Asian writers : a question of representation -- Theatre for young people : audiences of today -- Adaptation and transposition : reinterpreting the past -- Conclusion.
Summary: This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and social context. It examines the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging styles of the past decade and how they are related.Beginning with an examination of how dramatic literature and the writer are placed in the contemporary theatre, the book then provides detailed analyses of the texts, companies and writing processes involved in six different professional contexts: new writing, verbatim theatre, writing and devising, Black and Asian theatre, writing for young people and adaptation and transposition. The chapters cover contemporary practitioners, including Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke, Robin Soans, Alecky Blythe, Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edward Bond, Filter Theatre and Headlong, and offers detailed case-studies and examples of their work.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Baccah 822.91409 LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000048194
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In-Yer-Face theatre and legacies of the new writing boom -- Verbatim theatre : the rise of a political voice -- Writing and devising : the call for collaboration -- Black and Asian writers : a question of representation -- Theatre for young people : audiences of today -- Adaptation and transposition : reinterpreting the past -- Conclusion.

This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and social context. It examines the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging styles of the past decade and how they are related.Beginning with an examination of how dramatic literature and the writer are placed in the contemporary theatre, the book then provides detailed analyses of the texts, companies and writing processes involved in six different professional contexts: new writing, verbatim theatre, writing and devising, Black and Asian theatre, writing for young people and adaptation and transposition. The chapters cover contemporary practitioners, including Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke, Robin Soans, Alecky Blythe, Kneehigh Theatre, Punchdrunk, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edward Bond, Filter Theatre and Headlong, and offers detailed case-studies and examples of their work.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.