Staging Systemic Violence
eBook - ePub

Staging Systemic Violence

British Theatre 2010-2019

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Staging Systemic Violence

British Theatre 2010-2019

About this book

This study offers a historicization of the 2010s in British theatre with a focus on the representation of systemic violence, exploring productions that engage with concerns of protest, climate crisis, neoliberalism, racism and gender-based violence. It offers a range of case studies from established and emergent playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Martin McDonagh, Anders Lustgarten, Lucy Kirkwood, Ella Hickson, Jasmine Lee-Jones, debbie tucker green, Zinnie Harris, and Travis Alabanza. Productions of their work in the 2010s are analysed through a framework of cultural theory, philosophy, and theatre and performance studies that offer insightful conceptions of violence and performativity. Central to this book is the belief that theatre has the ability to depict issues of systemic violence in thoughtful and valuable ways, drawing on the medium's specific relations between creatives, texts, spectatorship and audiences to mindfully engage participants in the most pressing societal and cultural concerns of their time.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Content Warning
  6. List of Acronyms
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Violence
  10. 2 Performativity
  11. 3 Protest
  12. 4 Climate Crisis
  13. 5 Neoliberalism
  14. 6 Racism
  15. 7 Gender
  16. Conclusion: Theatrical Critiques of Violence
  17. Notes
  18. Works Cited
  19. Index
  20. Imprint