Strategies of Political Theatre : Post-War British Playwrights
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
ISBN-10
0521258553
ISBN-13
9780521258555
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 22nd, 2003
Print length
252 Pages
Weight
526 grams
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16.10 x 23.60 x 2.20 cms
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Theatre studiesTheatre studies
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Provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining plays by Arnold Wesker, Edward Bond, David Hare, and Caryl Churchill, among others, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for restructuring society.
This volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffith, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Caryl Churchill, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for a radical restructuring of society. The book begins with a discussion of the way that theatre has been used to convey a political message. Each chapter is then devoted to an exploration of the engagement of individual playwrights with left-wing political theatre, including a detailed analysis of one of their major plays. Despite political change since the 1980s, political play-writing continues to be a significant element in contemporary play-writing, but in a very changed form.
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