Contemporary British Theatre surveys the complex and dynamic theatre of the eighties and early nineties reflecting a country that is multicultural, multiethnic and multinational. The contributors - artists, scholars and critics - offer insights into the unique forms of theatre performance devised to express the tensions and pressures of our time. For the paperback edition a new preface has been written, including several updating pieces from individual contributors.
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Callboard (San Francisco)Theodore Shank has edited a fine collection of essays designed to fill in theater artists on contemporary British theater. The volume delivers a refreshing breadth of information. The sweep of coverage in the book makes it constantly engaging. . . . Shank proves an able editor here, clarifying the nature of the work (as an editor should) by leading off with: "It is fortunate for theater as a art that there is a continuous stream of young artists who do not carry the baggage of the past, who can look anew at our world and tell us what we didn't know that we knew."
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In this book 'contemporary theatre' refers to the work of those artists in Britain who are creating unique forms of theatre to express what it is like to be alive today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
physical theatre, mainstream theatre, national theatre, theatrical language Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arts Council, People Show, Royal Court, West End, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Brith Gof, Howard Barker, Royal Shakespeare Company, David Hare, Moving Being, New York, Welfare State, Forced Entertainment, Lloyd Webber, Peter Hall, Tony Harrison, Traverse Theatre, Howard Brenton, Neil Bartlett, Paines Plough, David Edgar, Peter Brook, Bob Crowley, David Gale New!
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In this book 'contemporary theatre' refers to the work of those artists in Britain who are creating unique forms of theatre to express what it is like to be alive today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
physical theatre, mainstream theatre, national theatre, theatrical language Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arts Council, People Show, Royal Court, West End, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Brith Gof, Howard Barker, Royal Shakespeare Company, David Hare, Moving Being, New York, Welfare State, Forced Entertainment, Lloyd Webber, Peter Hall, Tony Harrison, Traverse Theatre, Howard Brenton, Neil Bartlett, Paines Plough, David Edgar, Peter Brook, Bob Crowley, David Gale New!
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- Serious Money (Student Editions) by Caryl Churchill on page 31, page 193, and page 206
- The Government Inspector (Methuen Student Editions) by Nikolai Gogol on page 57, page 58, and page 161
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- Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) by Elaine Aston in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Politics of Alternative Theatre in Britain, 1968-1990: The Case of 7:84 (Scotland) (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) by Maria DiCenzo on page 10, and Back Matter
- Thatcher's Theatre: British Theatre and Drama in the Eighties (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by D. Keith Peacock on page 186, and Back Matter
- British Culture: An Introduction by David Christopher on page 78
- Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) by Gabriele Griffin on page 27
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