Contemporary British Drama
eBook - PDF

Contemporary British Drama

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Contemporary British Drama

About this book

This book offers an extended analysis of writers and theatre companies in Britain since 1995, and explores them alongside recent cultural, social and political developments. Referencing well-known practitioners from modern theatre, this book is an excellent introduction to how contemporary drama is made and analysed.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Series Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Chronology
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 In-Yer-Face Theatre and Legacies of the New Writing Boom
  9. Chapter 2 Verbatim Theatre โ€’ The Rise of a Political Voice
  10. Chapter 3 Writing and Devising โ€’ The Call for Collaboration
  11. Chapter 4 Black and Asian Writers โ€’ A Question of Representation
  12. Chapter 5 Theatre for Young People โ€’ Audiences of Today
  13. Chapter 6 Adaptation and Transposition โ€’ Reinterpreting the Past
  14. Conclusion
  15. Student Resources
  16. Index