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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809018103321

Autore

Sierz Aleks

Titolo

Modern British playwriting. : voices, documents, new interpretations The 1990s / / Aleks Sierz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2020

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-4081-2928-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (288 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Decades of Modern British Playwriting

Disciplina

822.91409

Soggetti

Theatre studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Living in the 1990s; Background; Everyday life; Education; Media; Culture; Science, technology and industry; Politics; 1 Theatre in the 1990s; Background; Heritage, culture and the Arts Council; Flagship theatres: West End, National and RSC; Off-West End and companies; New writing; Experimental, fringe and live art; Outside London: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; Conclusion; 2 Playwrights and Plays; Philip Ridley; Introduction; The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place.

ConclusionSarah Kane; Introduction; Blasted; Cleansed; 4.48 Psychosis; Conclusion; Anthony Neilson; Introduction; Normal; Penetrator; The Censor; Conclusion; Mark Ravenhill; Introduction; Shopping and Fucking; Some Explicit Polaroids; Mother Clap's Molly House; Conclusion; 3 Documents; Philip Ridley: Vesper -- a Monologue; Sarah Kane: Interview with Dan Rebellato; Anthony Neilson: In His Own Words; Mark Ravenhill: 'A Tear in the Fabric'; Afterword; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Notes on Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

British theatre of the 1990s witnessed an explosion of new talent and presented a new sensibility that sent shockwaves through audiences and critics. What produced this change, the context from which the work emerged, the main playwrights and plays, and the influence they had on later work are freshly evaluated in this important new study in



Methuen Drama''s Decades of Modern British Playwriting series. The 1990s volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane (by Catherine R.