03899nam 2200565 450 991080889460332120230807204659.01-4081-8428-11-4081-8448-6(CKB)2670000000587104(EBL)1894993(SSID)ssj0001456357(PQKBManifestationID)11883797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001456357(PQKBWorkID)11409433(PQKB)11688514(MiAaPQ)EBC1894993(MiAaPQ)EBC6163216(EXLCZ)99267000000058710420200723d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe theatre and films of Jez Butterworth /David Ian RabeyLondon :Bloomsbury,[2015]©20151 online resource (241 p.)Critical CompanionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-49751-6 1-4081-8360-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS; PROLOGUE; A Prologue, with questions: 'The isle is full of noises . . .'; CHAPTER 1 FAIRY TALES OF HARD MEN: CONTEXTUALIZING BUTTERWORTH - THEMES, GENRES, STYLES, CRISES AND SETTINGS; Tragicomedy and tragedy; The Royal Court Theatre and an English sense of tragedy; Openings: Definitely indefinite; Laughter, and beyond: The devil in the details; Festive tragedy; Interlude: A sense of entitlement; Hardmen and rogue males; Desire paths through the edgelandsCHAPTER 2 MOJO, BIRTHDAY GIRL: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?Mojo: Shakin' all over; Birthday Girl: The brave, and the reasonable; CHAPTER 3 THE NIGHT HERON: A NOOSE OF BRIARS; CHAPTER 4 THE WINTERLING AND LEAVINGS: BECOMING A STRANGER; CHAPTER 5 PARLOUR SONG: MEN HAVE THEIR USES; CHAPTER 6 JERUSALEM: THE KEYS TO THE FOREST; Identity and history; Jerusalem: What do you think an English forest is for?; The clock and the forest; A rural display; The darkening green; Moral panic versus the folk devil: The showdown; An English ghost dance; Footprints and repercussions; Man and myth; Awaking faithCHAPTER 7 FAIR GAME, THE RIVER: HUNTER AND GAMEFair Game: Freedom and security; The River: Trophies of my lovers gone; CHAPTER 8 PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; Jerusalem in Gotham, or Butterworth on Broadway James D. Balestrieri; Still Puzzling it out: Jez Butterworth's The River Mary Karen Dahl; Butterworth's Poetics of Absence Elisabeth Angel-Perez; CHAPTER 9 INCONCLUSION: BURN THE PLANS; That's the badger: Moving the goalposts; Post Script; NOTES; CHRONOLOGY; REFERENCES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEXJez Butterworth is the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful new British dramatist of the 21st century: his acclaimed play Jerusalem has had extended runs in the West End and on Broadway. This book is the first to examine Butterworth's writings for stage and film and to identify how and why his work appeals so widely and profoundly. It examines the way that he weaves suspenseful stories of eccentric outsiders, whose adventures echo widespread contemporary social anxieties, and involve surprising expressions of both violence and generosity. This book reveals how ButterworCritical companions (Methuen Drama)Dramatists, English21st centuryDramatists, English822.914Rabey David Ian1958-1673191MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808894603321The theatre and films of Jez Butterworth4037112UNINA