Nation, community, self : female voices in Scottish theatre from the seventies to the present / Gioia Angeletti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angeletti, Gioia, author.

Series:

Literature (Mimesis International) ; n. 7.

Literature ; n. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women dramatists, Scottish.

English drama--Scottish authors--Themes, motives.

English drama--Women authors--Themes, motives.

English drama--20th century--Themes, motives.

English drama--21st century--Themes, motives.

English drama--Themes, motives.

English drama.

Themes, motives.

English drama--Women authors.

English drama--Scottish authors.

Physical Description:

255 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Milano] : Mimesis International, [2018]

Summary:

Since the 1970s, many women playwrights have emerged in the Scottish theatre scene. However, their pioneering contribution to theatrical innovation and experimentation, within and without Scotland, hasn't yet received a thorough investigation and proper acknowledgement. This book attempts to explore what is still, in part, uncharted territory. By focusing on a selection of texts by Joan Ure, Liz Lochhead, Marcella Evaristi, Jackie Kay, Sue Glover, Rona Munro, Ann Marie Di Mambro, and Sharman MacDonald, it will analyze their discursive strategies to express women's experiences in relation to issues of national and individual identities. Three main trends determine the fils rouges connecting their works: the revision and rewriting of existing literary text; the adoption of the perspective of the Other, the marginalized and exile within past and present society; the re-awakening of Scotland's historical memory and re-investigation of national mythology.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I WRITING BACK TO THE ENGLISH NATIONAL BARD

1. Joan Ure's Shakespearean Trilogy

2. Re-Experiencing The Tempest for a Young Audience: The Magic Island / Liz Lochhead

3. After Shakespeare: Sharman Macdonald's Sequel to Romeo and Juuet

pt. II (TRANS)NATIONAL COMMUNITIES

4. Expatriate Italians: Tally's Blood / Ann Marie di Mambro

5. Empowering the Female Community: Bondagers / Sue Glover

6. Voicing the Female Subaltern: The Lamplighter / Jackie Kay

pt. III SELF AND SOCIETY

7. Imaginary and Real Female Emancipation: I See Myself as This Young Girl and Take Your Old Rib Back, Then / Joan Ure

8. Torn Selves, Conflicting Relations: Commedia / Marcella Evaristi

9. Discourses of Sameness and Otherness: Medea / Liz Lochead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788869771347

8869771342

OCLC:

1042078898