|
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
|
Buy Now
Rewriting the Nation - British Theatre Today (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,129
Discovery Miles 11 290
|
|
|
Rewriting the Nation - British Theatre Today (Paperback)
Series: Plays and Playwrights
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
This is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new
British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students
of theatre studies and theatre-goers Rewriting the Nation: British
Theatre Today is a perfect companion to Britain's burgeoning
theatre writing scene. It explores the context from which new plays
have emerged and charts the way that playwrights have responded to
the key concerns of the decade and helped shape our sense of who we
are. In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in
playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and
new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of
the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by
defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of
the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the
Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the
London fringe and the work of touring companies. In the second
part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that
have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new
century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and
bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It
considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of
family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of
the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social
change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded
to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply
involved in the project of rewriting the nation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(2)
