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Arnold Wesker - Fragments and Visions (Hardcover, New edition)
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Arnold Wesker - Fragments and Visions (Hardcover, New edition)
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This new collection will add significantly to the body of
scholarship on this important dramatist. This is the first study of
the whole body of Wesker's work, and will create new interest in
this partly forgotten key figure in post-war British theatre. A new
study of Wesker's work is overdue. The editors are recognized
scholars in the field with a track record of publication on British
theatre. An impressive list of contributors comprises important
scholars of post-war theatre - including John Bull and Chris Megson
- alongside practitioners such as Edward Bond and Pamela Howard,
who bring professional insights to bear. Arnold Wesker was hailed
in the press as 'one of the great overlooked' of British drama when
he died in April 2016. Despite his pivotal engagement with the
cultural politics of 1960s Britain and his international career,
only a fraction of Wesker's dramatic output tends to be studied. He
is still remembered and discussed as the author of The Trilogy,
three plays staged between 1958-60 that fail to reflect the daring
aesthetics of his later work, thereby perpetuating an incorrect
image of a naturalist playwright. This important new book aims to
remedy the recent critical neglect of the dramatist, building on
existing scholarship and introducing new insights and perspectives.
It examines the whole body of Wesker's work for the first time,
including some of his non-dramatic work, and considers it from a
variety of perspectives. These include Wesker's reception in
Europe, his Jewishness and his attitude to politics and to
community. Significant use is made of material from the Arnold
Wesker archive, held by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. It includes chapters on
Wesker's representation of, and attitude towards, women, his
relationship with his Jewish origins and identity, and his role in
establishing Centre 42 following his imprisonment for participation
in the Aldermaston March in 1959. Centre 42 was initially a touring
festival aimed at devolving art and culture from London to the
other working class towns of Britain, and arose from Resolution 42
of the 1960 Trades Union Congress, which concerned the importance
of arts in the community. It will be of most interest to academics
and scholars of post-war British theatre, and to those teaching
theatre and drama. It is accessible for a student readership at all
undergraduate levels, as well as postgraduates. It has potential
for textbook and reading list use. Wesker's significance in British
theatre history of the 1950s and 1960s means that the book may find
readers amongst the informed general public.
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