The theatre and films of Jez Butterworth / David Ian Rabey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabey, David Ian, 1958- author.

Series:

Critical companions (Methuen Drama)

Critical Companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Butterworth, Jez--Criticism and interpretation.

Butterworth, Jez.

Dramatists, English--21st century.

Dramatists, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Jez Butterworth is the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful new British dramatist of the 21st century: his acclaimed play Jerusalem has had extended runs in the West End and on Broadway. This book is the first to examine Butterworth's writings for stage and film and to identify how and why his work appeals so widely and profoundly. It examines the way that he weaves suspenseful stories of eccentric outsiders, whose adventures echo widespread contemporary social anxieties, and involve surprising expressions of both violence and generosity. This book reveals how Butterwor

Contents:

Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS; PROLOGUE; A Prologue, with questions: 'The isle is full of noises . . .'; CHAPTER 1 FAIRY TALES OF HARD MEN: CONTEXTUALIZING BUTTERWORTH - THEMES, GENRES, STYLES, CRISES AND SETTINGS; Tragicomedy and tragedy; The Royal Court Theatre and an English sense of tragedy; Openings: Definitely indefinite; Laughter, and beyond: The devil in the details; Festive tragedy; Interlude: A sense of entitlement; Hardmen and rogue males; Desire paths through the edgelands

CHAPTER 2 MOJO, BIRTHDAY GIRL: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?Mojo: Shakin' all over; Birthday Girl: The brave, and the reasonable; CHAPTER 3 THE NIGHT HERON: A NOOSE OF BRIARS; CHAPTER 4 THE WINTERLING AND LEAVINGS: BECOMING A STRANGER; CHAPTER 5 PARLOUR SONG: MEN HAVE THEIR USES; CHAPTER 6 JERUSALEM: THE KEYS TO THE FOREST; Identity and history; Jerusalem: What do you think an English forest is for?; The clock and the forest; A rural display; The darkening green; Moral panic versus the folk devil: The showdown; An English ghost dance; Footprints and repercussions; Man and myth; Awaking faith

CHAPTER 7 FAIR GAME, THE RIVER: HUNTER AND GAMEFair Game: Freedom and security; The River: Trophies of my lovers gone; CHAPTER 8 PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; Jerusalem in Gotham, or Butterworth on Broadway James D. Balestrieri; Still Puzzling it out: Jez Butterworth's The River Mary Karen Dahl; Butterworth's Poetics of Absence Elisabeth Angel-Perez; CHAPTER 9 INCONCLUSION: BURN THE PLANS; That's the badger: Moving the goalposts; Post Script; NOTES; CHRONOLOGY; REFERENCES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781408184288

1408184281

9781408184486

1408184486