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Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain - Staging Crisis (Hardcover)
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Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain - Staging Crisis (Hardcover)
Series: Methuen Drama Engage
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In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling
of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre has provided a
unifying forum, treating spectators as citizens. This book
critically deals with representative plays and playwrights who have
stood out in the UK and internationally in the post-recession era,
delivering theatre that in the process of being truthful to the
contemporary experience has also redefined theatrical form and
content. Built around a series of case-studies of seminal
contemporary plays exploring issues of social and political crisis,
the volume is augmented by interviews with UK and international
directors, artistic directors and the playwrights whose work is
examined. As well as considering UK stage productions, Angelaki
analyses European, North American and Australian productions, of
post-2000 plays by writers including: Caryl Churchill, Mike
Bartlett, Dennis Kelly, Simon Stephens, Martin Crimp, debbie tucker
green, Duncan Macmillan, Nick Payne and Lucy Prebble. At the heart
of the analysis and of the plays discussed is an appreciation of
what interconnects artists and audiences, enabling the kind of
mutual recognition that fosters the feeling of collectivity. As the
book argues, this is the state whereby the theatre meets its social
imperative by eradicating the distance between stage and spectator
and creating a genuinely shared space of ideas and dialogue, taking
on topics including the economy, materialism, debt culture, the
environment, urban protest, social media and mental health. Social
and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain demonstrates that
such contemporary playwriting invests in and engenders moments of
performative reciprocity and spirituality so as to present the
audience with a cohesive collective experience.
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