{"product_id":"rewriting-the-nation-aleks-sierz-9781408112380","title":"Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students of theatre studies and theatre-goers \u003ci\u003eRewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect companion to Britain's burgeoning theatre writing scene. It explores the context from which new plays have emerged and charts the way that playwrights have responded to the key concerns of the decade and helped shape our sense of who we are. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the London fringe and the work of touring companies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the second part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply involved in the project of rewriting the nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleks Sierz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408112388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408112380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Aleks Sierz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088167088383,"sku":"9781408112380","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47ea5e70-9622-4843-921a-6cc06880a601.jpg?v=1769103429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rewriting-the-nation-aleks-sierz-9781408112380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}