Contemporary British drama / David Lane.
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TextSeries: Edinburgh critical guides to literaturePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010Description: xxi, 218 pContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780748686797 (e-book)Subject(s): English drama -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History and criticism | English drama -- Great Britain -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Literature | Literary studies: plays & playwrights | English | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 | Plays, playscriptsGenre/Form: Online access: Click to view (400 credits) Also available in printed form ISBN 9780748638215Summary: This title provides a vital critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995. It situates texts, companies and writers in cultural, political and social contexts to examine the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging movements of the past decade and how they are related. 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.
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This title provides a vital critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995. It situates texts, companies and writers in cultural, political and social contexts to examine the shifting role of the playwright, the dominant genres and emerging movements of the past decade and how they are related. 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.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780748638215
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