Modern British playwriting: 2000-2009 : voices, documents, new interpretations / Dan Rebellato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rebellato, Dan 1968- author.

Series:

Decades of modern British playwriting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--History and criticism--21st century.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Methuen Drama, 2013.

Summary:

"Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four/five key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . Edited by Dan Rebellato, Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009 provides an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of the theatre of the decade, together with a detailed study of the work of David Greig (Nadine Holdsworth), Simon Stephens (Jacqueline Bolton), Tim Crouch (Dan Rebellato), Roy Williams (Michael Pearce) and Debbie Tucker Green (Lynette Goddard). The volume sets the context by providing a chronological survey of the decade, one marked by the War on Terror, the excesses of economic globalization and the digital revolution. In surveying the theatrical activity and climate, Andrew Haydon explores the response to the political events, the rise of verbatim theatre, the increasing experimentation and the effect of both the Boyden Report and changes in the Arts Council's priorities. Five scholars provide detailed examinations of the playwrights' work during the decade, combining an analysis of their plays with a study of other material such as early play drafts and the critical receptions of the time. Interviews with each playwright further illuminate this stimulating final volume in the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip Roberts

Introduction

Living in the 2000s

Domestic life

Society

Culture

Media

Science and technology

Political events

1 Theatre in the 00s by Andrew Haydon

2 Playwrights and Plays

Introducing the Playwrights

Simon Stephens by Jacqueline Bolton

One Minute

Motortown

Pornography

Tim Crouch by Dan Rebellato

My Arm

An Oak Tree

The Author

Roy Williams by Michael Pearce

Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads

Fallout

Days of Significance

David Greig by Nadine Holdsworth

San Diego

The American Pilot

Damascus

debbie tucker green by Lynette Goddard

dirty butterfly

stoning mary

random

3 Documents

Simon Stephens

Tim Crouch

Roy Williams

David Grieg

debbie tucker green

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

ET ca. 10/2013! UBG.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1201426926