LEADER 04171nam 22007812 450 001 996248136203316 005 20160224122036.0 010 $a0-511-09699-2 010 $a1-107-12634-7 010 $a1-280-15985-5 010 $a0-511-11591-1 010 $a1-139-14573-8 010 $a0-511-06527-2 010 $a0-511-05894-2 010 $a0-511-32596-7 010 $a0-511-48619-7 010 $a0-511-06740-2 024 7 $a2027/heb07610 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024241 035 $a(EBL)217743 035 $a(OCoLC)56938802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000252222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175797 035 $a(PQKB)10121057 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511486197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL217743 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10068588 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC217743 035 $a(dli)HEB07610 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007429951 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024241 100 $a20090226d2003|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStrategies of political theatre $epost-War British playwrights /$fMichael Patterson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in modern theatre 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-27732-9 311 $a0-521-25855-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index. 327 $aStrategies 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). 327 $aRewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979). 330 $aThis volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffith, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Caryl Churchill, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for a radical restructuring of society. The book begins with a discussion of the way that theatre has been used to convey a political message. Each chapter is then devoted to an exploration of the engagement of individual playwrights with left-wing political theatre, including a detailed analysis of one of their major plays. Despite political change since the 1980s, political play-writing continues to be a significant element in contemporary play-writing, but in a very changed form. 410 0$aCambridge studies in modern theatre. 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical plays, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical plays, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a822/.91409358 700 $aPatterson$b Michael$0158714 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248136203316 996 $aStrategies of political theatre$9542468 997 $aUNISA