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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484041103321

Autore

Brown Mark

Titolo

Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969 : A Revolution on Stage / / by Mark Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-98639-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Disciplina

792.09411

Soggetti

Theater

Theater—History

Performing arts

National/Regional Theatre and Performance

Theatre History

Contemporary Theatre

Performing Arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Preface: Defining our terms -- 2. Introduction -- 3. 'My wife glimpsed a testicle!': the Citizens Theatre since 1969 -- 4. Communicado and 'popular experimentalism' -- 5. Interviews with five theatremakers -- 6. The National Theatre of Scotland: mapping onto the landscape -- 7. Conclusion: the future of a renaissance.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that Scottish theatre has, since the late 1960s, undergone an artistic renaissance, driven by European Modernist aesthetics. Combining detailed research and analysis with exclusive interviews with ten leading figures in modern Scottish drama, the book sets out the case for the last half-century as the strongest period in the history of the Scottish stage. Mark Brown traces the development of Scottish theatre’s Modernist revolution from the arrival of influential theatre director Giles Havergal at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1969 through to the advent of the National Theatre of Scotland in 2006. Finally, the book contemplates the future of Scotland’s theatrical renaissance. It is essential reading for anyone interested in



contemporary theatre and/or the modern history of live drama in Scotland.