Radical visions 1968-2008 [electronic resource] : the impact of the sixties on Australian drama / Denise Varney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varney, Denise.

Series:

Australian playwrights ; monograph no. 13.

Australian playwrights ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian drama--20th century.

Australian drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radical Visions 1968-2008: The Impact of the Sixties on Australian Drama is about a generation of Australian playwrights who came of age in the sixties. This important book shows how international trends in youth radicalism and cultural change at the time contributed to the rise of interest in alternative theatre and drama in a number of locations. It follows the career of Australia’s major playwrights — Alma De Groen, Jenny Kemp, Richard Murphet, John Romeril, Stephen Sewell and David Williamson — whose early plays were first performed at La Mama and the Pram Factory theatres in Melbourne in the sixties and seventies and who continue to make new work. The book’s dual purpose is to examine the impact of the sixties on playwriting and update the scholarship on the contemporary works with close readings of the plays of the nineties and the first decade of the twenty-first century. By analysing the recent plays, the book traces the continuing impact of left wing politics and cultural change on Australian theatre and society.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

List of Figures

Series Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The International Generation of 1968: Theatre and Culture

The Australian Performing Group and Its Legacy, 1968–2008

Williamson in the Howard Years

John Romeril – The Asian Australian Journey

A Parallel Forty-Year Female Narrative with Alma De Groen

Richard Murphet and the Wounded Subject

Jenny Kemp – On the Edge

Stephen Sewell and the State of the Nation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0053-X

OCLC:

741493005

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401200530 DOI