Author: Trevor R. Griffiths
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780335096022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is a critical reference guide to the important contribution made by women-writers to the renaissance of British drama since the late 1950s. The coverage ranges from collective work, women's companies and cabaret through to traditional single author plays. The book chronicles low-budget, short-running fringe shows as well as London productions of big name authors. It explores writing by lesbians and by black women, and examines in detail women's theatre in Wales, Scotland and Ireland (as well as England). It draws on both theoretical issues in feminist criticism, and political developments in the women's movement.
British and Irish Women Dramatists Since 1958
British and Irish Women Dramatists Since 1958
Author: Trevor R. Griffiths
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights
Author: Elaine Aston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521595339
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521595339
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights
Author: Aleks Sierz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408123347
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars, it will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama. Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, Debbie Tucker Green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean. Each essay features: A biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright A discussion of their most important plays An analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre A bibliography of texts and critical material
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408123347
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars, it will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama. Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, Debbie Tucker Green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean. Each essay features: A biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright A discussion of their most important plays An analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre A bibliography of texts and critical material
Black British Women's Theatre
Author: Nicola Abram
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030514595
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women’s theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals’ personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice. Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women’s Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green. Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights/practitioners and their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women’s creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women’s Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030514595
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women’s theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals’ personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice. Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women’s Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green. Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights/practitioners and their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women’s creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women’s Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past.
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights
Author: Martin Middeke
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408113465
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A thorough and insightful study of the work of twenty-five important Irish playwrights.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408113465
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A thorough and insightful study of the work of twenty-five important Irish playwrights.
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Author: Irving Brown (Consulting Bibliographer)
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136119086
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
An annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136119086
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
An annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.
Staging Motherhood
Author: J. Komporaly
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023059848X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Focusing on post-1956 British women playwrights, this book questions to what extent transformations in women's lives have impacted on theatre. Contributing to a range of discourses, including gender studies, cultural studies and theatre and performance studies, this timely volume is crucial to our understanding of women's drama in this period.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023059848X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Focusing on post-1956 British women playwrights, this book questions to what extent transformations in women's lives have impacted on theatre. Contributing to a range of discourses, including gender studies, cultural studies and theatre and performance studies, this timely volume is crucial to our understanding of women's drama in this period.
English Drama Since 1940
Author: David Ian Rabey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317875397
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
English Drama Since 1940 considers the bids of successive post-war dramatists to find language and images of remorseless disclosure, appropriate to the public manifestation of sensed crisis and the interrogation of the ideal of renewal. This book introduces the period and its discourse whilst redefining them, to give proper consideration to developments of themes, styles, concerns and contexts from the 80s to the present. The book offers succinct and analytical introductions to the work of 60 dramatists, whilst arguing for (re)appraisal of many dates critical perspectives, in order to stimulate further argument in the field.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317875397
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
English Drama Since 1940 considers the bids of successive post-war dramatists to find language and images of remorseless disclosure, appropriate to the public manifestation of sensed crisis and the interrogation of the ideal of renewal. This book introduces the period and its discourse whilst redefining them, to give proper consideration to developments of themes, styles, concerns and contexts from the 80s to the present. The book offers succinct and analytical introductions to the work of 60 dramatists, whilst arguing for (re)appraisal of many dates critical perspectives, in order to stimulate further argument in the field.
Looking Through Gender
Author: Samuele Grassi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443831182
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This contribution to Theatre Studies explores the shaping and performing of gender identity in British and Irish theatres since the 1980s. It highlights contact zones, conflict areas, and divergencies between the two theatre contexts with reference to historic, socio-political, and cultural clusters. Largely from a queer theory standpoint, this book reads several plays in their attempt to unmask exploiting mechanisms of sexuality and gender regulation. It focuses on alternative notions of sociality, shared spaces, and bodies, and offers political suggestions in order to resist confining notions of identity and gender.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443831182
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This contribution to Theatre Studies explores the shaping and performing of gender identity in British and Irish theatres since the 1980s. It highlights contact zones, conflict areas, and divergencies between the two theatre contexts with reference to historic, socio-political, and cultural clusters. Largely from a queer theory standpoint, this book reads several plays in their attempt to unmask exploiting mechanisms of sexuality and gender regulation. It focuses on alternative notions of sociality, shared spaces, and bodies, and offers political suggestions in order to resist confining notions of identity and gender.