The theatre of Caryl Churchill / R. Darren Gobert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gobert, R. Darren, author.

Series:

Critical companions (London, England)

Methuen drama Critical companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Caryl--Criticism and interpretation.

Churchill, Caryl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : chart.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2020.

Summary:

Documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work.--Publisher information.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgements: The theatre of Caryl Churchill

Churchill's landscapes : Top girls ; The Skriker ; Far away

Derivatives; or capitalism and the theatre : Owners ; Serious money: A city comedy ; A dream play

Identity and the body : Cloud Nine ; Icecream (with or without Hot Fudge) ; A number

The aesthetics and politics of collaboration : Light shining in Buckinghamshire ; Fen ; Mad forest: a play from Romania

Performance and/as theatre : Traps ; Blue heart ; Love and information

Other critical perspectives : The 'Picasso' of modern British playwrights / Elaine Aston ; 'The times' of Caryl Churchill's theatre / Siân Adiseshiah

Epilogue: Exit the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-294) and index.

OCLC:

1201427091