Modern British playwriting The 1980s : voices, documents, new interpretations / / Jane Milling
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| Autore: |
Milling Jane <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Modern British playwriting The 1980s : voices, documents, new interpretations / / Jane Milling
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| Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 |
| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 822.91409 |
| Soggetto topico: | English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Theatre studies | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip Roberts -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the 1980s -- Domestic life -- Education -- Culture -- Media -- Science, technology and industry -- Political events -- Theatre in the 1980s -- Thinking about the recent past -- Institutions, policies and funding -- New writing and playwrights in the 1980s -- Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter -- Present pasts -- Introducing the Playwrights -- Crafting careers -- Howard Barker -- Jim Cartwright -- Sarah Daniels -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Playwrights and Plays -- Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay -- Jim Cartwright by David Lane -- Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling -- Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara Freeman -- Documents -- Howard Barker: Interview with Jane Milling -- Jim Cartwright: In His Own Words -- Sarah Daniels: Interview with Jane Milling -- Timberlake Wertenbaker: In Her Own Words -- Afterword -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Notes on Contributors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights and plays from a decade when political and economic forces were changing society dramatically. It offers a broad survey of the context and of the playwrights and companies such as Complicite and DV8 that rose to prominence at this time. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modern British playwriting |
| ISBN: | 1-4081-5710-1 |
| 1-283-85320-5 | |
| 1-4081-2960-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786584803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Decades of modern British playwriting.