LEADER 04597oam 2200757I 450 001 9910827486803321 005 20240405065518.0 010 $a1-134-89981-5 010 $a1-134-89982-3 010 $a1-280-32620-4 010 $a0-203-18113-1 010 $a0-203-18062-3 010 $a0-415-24579-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203180624 035 $a(CKB)111004366674298 035 $a(EBL)180010 035 $a(OCoLC)647372918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000081799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11119270 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10113360 035 $a(PQKB)10201701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115070 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115070 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10010802 035 $a(PQKB)11648450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32620 035 $a(OCoLC)45732661 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366674298 100 $a20180706d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish realist theatre $ethe new wave in its context 1956-1965 /$fStephen Lacey 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-12311-9 311 $a0-415-07782-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-201) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTING CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN: ANGER, AFFLUENCE AND HEGEMONY; Consensus and hegemony; 1953 and 1956: a comparison of two cultural moments; A contemporary theatre: looking back at 'Anger'; Contesting hegemony: theatre and anti-consensual politics; INSTITUTIONS AND AUDIENCES; Opening up the processes of theatrical production: the English Stage Company and Theatre Workshop; The New Wave and its audiences; The metropolitanising of culture; REALISM, CLASS AND CULTURE; Social realism, social extension and hegemony 327 $aThe uses of culture: Working-Class Realism and social science'The worst social injustice since slavery': social realism and 'cultural deprivation'; 'An art that establishes values': Wesker's Roots and Chips with Everything; 'Only in her own home is she free': countering domestic consensus: A Taste of Honey and Each His Own Wilderness; 'BEYOND NATURALISM PURE': REALISM, NATURALISM AND THE NEW WAVE; Naturalism and realism; Reworking the realist tradition from within: The Entertainer, The Kitchen, Chips with Everything and The Quare Fellow; Naturalism and poetic realism at the Royal Court 327 $aRealism against naturalism: the case of television REDEFINING REALISM; Popular theatre and libertarianism: the political aesthetic of John Arden; Theatre Workshop and the popular; Harold Pinter and social realism; The wastelands of affluence: Edward Bond's The Pope's Wedding and Saved; Brecht, history and realism; THE TWO NEW WAVES: REALISM IN THEATRE AND FILM; Play-to-film: the use of space in New Wave films; New Wave cinema and poetic realism; The changing context of social realism; The representation of women and gender relationships in New Wave films; IN CONCLUSION: THE 1960's 327 $aNEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe British `New Wave' of dramatists, actors and directors in the late 1950's and 1960's created a defining moment in post-war theatre. British Realist Theatre is an accessible introduction to the New Wave, providing the historical and cultural background which is essential for a true understanding of this influential and dynamic era. Drawing upon contemporary sources as well as the plays themselves, Stephen Lacey considers the plays' influences, their impact and their critical receptions. The playwrights discussed include: * Edward Bond * John Osborne * Shelagh Delaney 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRealism in literature 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aRealism in literature. 676 $a792/.0941 700 $aLacey$b Stephen$f1952-,$0221055 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827486803321 996 $aBritish realist theatre$9567892 997 $aUNINA