Brecht and post-1990s British drama : dialectical theatre today / / Anja Hartl |
Autore | Hartl Anja |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 822.9209 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theatre History and Criticism Drama & Performance Studies European Theatre |
ISBN |
1-350-17281-2
1-350-17280-4 1-350-17279-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. 'In-Yer-Face' Theatre and the Crisis of Dialectics: Mark Ravenhill's Post-Brechtian Drama in Anti-Dialectical Times -- 1.1 The Post-Brechtian Parable: Some Explicit Polaroids -- 1.2 Resisting the Banal Dialectic of (Counter-)Terrorism: Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat -- 1.3 Conclusion -- 2. Reimagining Brecht: David Greig's Theatre of Dissensus -- 2.1 Appropriating the Imagination in Dunsinane -- 2.2 Interrupting Empathy: The Events -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3. Strategic Naivety: The Dialectic of Sincerity in Andy Smith and Tim Crouch's Work -- 3.1 Post-Brechtian Meta-Theatre: all that is solid melts into air -- 3.2 The Limits of Sincerity: The Author -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4. Political Theatre Between Dialectics and Absurdity: Caryl Churchill's Twenty-First-Century Plays -- 4.1 Dystopian Negativity: Escaped Alone -- 4.2 Deconstructing the Dialectic: Here We Go -- 4.3 Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717411003321 |
Hartl Anja | ||
London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull |
Autore | Turnbull Olivia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.094109049 |
Collana | Changing Media, Changing Europe |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612035128
1-84150-266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate Theatre
Part Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454111303321 |
Turnbull Olivia | ||
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull |
Autore | Turnbull Olivia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.094109049 |
Collana | Changing Media, Changing Europe |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
ISBN |
9786612035128
1-84150-266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate Theatre
Part Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782441303321 |
Turnbull Olivia | ||
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bringing down the house : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull |
Autore | Turnbull Olivia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.094109049 |
Collana | Changing Media, Changing Europe |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
ISBN |
9786612035128
1-84150-266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate Theatre
Part Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808508003321 |
Turnbull Olivia | ||
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-89982-3
1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book 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
The 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 Realism 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 NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455128403321 |
Lacey Stephen <1952-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
ISBN |
1-134-89981-5
1-134-89982-3 1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book 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
The 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 Realism 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 NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778878703321 |
Lacey Stephen <1952-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
ISBN |
1-134-89981-5
1-134-89982-3 1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book 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
The 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 Realism 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 NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827486803321 |
Lacey Stephen <1952-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
Autore | Williams Gordon <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941/09041 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-29840-9
9786611298401 1-84714-128-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451125203321 |
Williams Gordon <1935-> | ||
New York, : Continuum, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
Autore | Williams Gordon <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941/09041 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
ISBN |
1-281-29840-9
9786611298401 1-84714-128-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784980103321 |
Williams Gordon <1935-> | ||
New York, : Continuum, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British theatre in the Great War : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
Autore | Williams Gordon <1935-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.0941/09041 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
ISBN |
1-281-29840-9
9786611298401 1-84714-128-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820122503321 |
Williams Gordon <1935-> | ||
New York, : Continuum, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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