LEADER 03616nam 2200589 450 001 9910786904503321 005 20201023111955.0 010 $a1-4081-2928-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781408177914 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109581 035 $a(EBL)1748076 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001110021 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11603657 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001110021 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11116940 035 $a(PQKB)10308493 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16152101 035 $a(PQKB)24322980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1748076 035 $a(OCoLC)1201426143 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat08177914 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781408177914 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109581 100 $a20201023d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aModern British playwriting. $evoices, documents, new interpretations$iThe 1990s /$fAleks Sierz 210 1$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury Methuen Drama,$d2020. 210 2$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (288 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aDecades of Modern British Playwriting 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4081-2926-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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. 327 $aConclusionSarah 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. 330 $aBritish theatre of the 1990s witnessed an explosion of new talent and presented a new sensibility that sent shockwaves through audiences and critics. What produced this change, the context from which the work emerged, the main playwrights and plays, and the influence they had on later work are freshly evaluated in this important new study in Methuen Drama''s Decades of Modern British Playwriting series. The 1990s volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane (by Catherine R. 410 0$aDecades of modern British playwriting. 606 $aTheatre studies$2bicssc 615 7$aTheatre studies 676 $a822.91409 700 $aSierz$b Aleks$0783256 801 0$bE7B 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786904503321 996 $aModern British playwriting$93693023 997 $aUNINA