Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis by Angelaki, Vicky

Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781474213165)

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Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis by Angelaki, Vicky

Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis

$35.95
Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis by Angelaki, Vicky

Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis

$35.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Vicky Angelaki
ISBN-10: 1474213162
ISBN-13: 9781474213165
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2017
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d

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Choice 10/01/2017
By Vicky Angelaki
By Vicky Angelaki
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Vicky Angelaki is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Reading, UK. She has published extensively on modern and contemporary British and European theatre and her research focuses on internationalism, translation, adaptation, philosophy, spectatorial perception, and the politics of experimental performance. Major publications include The Plays of Martin Crimp: Making Theatre Strange (2012) and Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground (2013).

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