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UNINA9910450459903321 |
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Autore |
Patterson Michael |
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Strategies of political theatre : post-War British playwrights / / Michael Patterson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
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1-107-12634-7 |
1-280-15985-5 |
0-511-11591-1 |
1-139-14573-8 |
0-511-06527-2 |
0-511-05894-2 |
0-511-32596-7 |
0-511-48619-7 |
0-511-06740-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Cambridge studies in modern theatre |
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English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Political plays, English - History and criticism |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index. |
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Strategies of political theatre : a theoretical overview -- 'Reflectionist' strategy : 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- 'Interventionist' strategy : poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Dialectics of comedgy : Trevor Griffith's Comedians (1975) -- Appropriating middle-class comedy : Howard Barker's Stripwell -- Staging the future : Howard Breton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- Agit-prop revisited : John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- Brecht revisited : David Hare's Fanshen (1975). |
Rewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979). |
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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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UNINA9910794691503321 |
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The psychology of bilingualism : a conversation with Ellen Bialystok / / edited with an introduction by Howard Burton |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ideas Roadshow, , 2020 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (49 pages) |
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Ideas Roadshow Conversations |
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Bilingualism in children |
Multilingualism |
Interviews as Topic |
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Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. Focusing on Bilingualism -- II. Becoming Scientific -- III. Out of the Minds of Babes -- IV. Differences and Definitions -- V. Multitasking and Focusing -- VI. In The Brain -- VII. The Art of Measurement -- VIII. |
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Bilingualism, Extended -- IX. Bilingualism and Dementia -- X. Public Policy Implications -- XI. Open Questions and Speculations -- Continuing the Conversation. |
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University. Ellen Bialystok is a world-leading expert on the effects of bilingualism on cognitive processes across our lifespan. This conversation examines how she discovered differences in the development of essential cognitive and language abilities for bilingual children, the use of different brain networks by monolingual and bilingual young adults performing simple conflict tasks, and the postponement of symptoms of dementia in bilingual older adults, and many more fascinating aspects of bilingualism. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Plastic Revolution, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. |
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