Howard Barker's theatre : wrestling with catastrophe / edited by James Reynolds and Andy W. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reynolds, James (Senior lecturer in drama), editor.

Smith, Andy W., editor.

Series:

Methuen drama engage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barker, Howard, 1946---Criticism and interpretation.

Barker, Howard.

Barker, Howard, 1946-.

Wrestling School (Theatre company).

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015.

Summary:

"Howard Barker and The Wrestling School have been seen as marginal to the major concerns of British theatre, problematic in their staging and challenging in the ideas they explore. Yet Barker's writing career spans six decades, he is the only living writer to have been accorded an entire season with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Wrestling School produces theatre of such a striking quality that it earned continuous Arts Council funding for nearly 20 years. Wrestling with Catastrophe challenges existing ways of reading Barker's theatre practice and plays and provides new ways into his work. The book brings together the full range of Barker's aesthetic concerns - including text, direction, design, acting, narrative form, poetry, appropriation, painting, photography, electronic media, technology, puppetry, and theatre space - and in doing so, makes a radical re-evaluation possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to Howard Barker's Theatre: Wrestling with Catastrophe / James Reynolds and Andy W. Smith

Part 1. Howard Barker and The Wrestling School: 1. A Company and its Origins / James Reynolds in conversation with Kenny Ireland; 2. From the Actor, to the Actor / Nicholas Le Prevost, Philip Franks, James Clyde, Sean O'Callaghan, Jules Melvin, Victoria Wicks and Suzy Cooper; 3. Directing Slowly / Hanna Berrigan; 4. Amplifying Catastrophe / Ace McCarron; 5. On Discipline / James Reynolds in conversation with Howard Barker

Part 2. Readings/Inversions: 6. 'To experience a thing as beautiful': the Photographic Practice of Howard Barker / Andy W. Smith; 7. Vintage Barker: New Writing in Old Bottles / James Hudson; 8. Howard Barker and the Return of Religion / Peter A. Groves; 9. Going Underground / James Reynolds

Part 3. Other Barkers: 10. Acting Barker / Hanna Berrigan in conversation with Fiona Shaw; 11. Staging Barker in America / Andy W. Smith in conversation with Cheryl Faraone and Richard Romagnoli; 12. Barker from a Viewpoint: Staging Ursula: Fear of the Estuary / Sarah Crews; 13. Staging Barker at Scotland's Conservatoire / Mark Brown in conversation with Hugh Hodgart; 14. 'A Gallery Of Images': from the Aberystwyth Students / David Ian Rabey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781408184394

1408184397

9781408184318

1408184311

OCLC:

886489387

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