04528nam 2200949 a 450 991096549810332120200520144314.0978051109699005110969929781107126343110712634797812801598551280159855978051111591205111159119781139145732113914573897805110652790511065272978051105894305110589429780511325960051132596797805114861970511486197978051106740205110674022027/heb07610(CKB)1000000000024241(EBL)217743(OCoLC)56938802(SSID)ssj0000252222(PQKBManifestationID)11209371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252222(PQKBWorkID)10175797(PQKB)10121057(UkCbUP)CR9780511486197(Au-PeEL)EBL217743(CaPaEBR)ebr10068588(CaONFJC)MIL15985(MiAaPQ)EBC217743(dli)HEB07610(MiU)MIU01000000000000007429951(EXLCZ)99100000000002424120021025d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStrategies of political theatre post-War British playwrights /Michael Patterson1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20031 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in modern theatreTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).9780521277327 0521277329 9780521258555 0521258553 Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.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).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.Cambridge studies in modern theatre.English drama20th centuryHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory20th centuryTheaterPolitical aspectsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPolitical plays, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryTheaterPolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical plays, EnglishHistory and criticism.822/.91409358Patterson Michael158714MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965498103321Strategies of political theatre542468UNINA