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The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure

Autor Sarah Grochala
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mar 2017
What does it mean for a play to be political in the 21st century? Does it require explicit engagement with events and situations with the aim of bringing about change or highlighting social wrongs? Is it purely a matter of content or is it also a matter of structure?The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure examines the politics of contemporary 'political' drama. It traces the origins of the contemporary British political play to the emergence of the idea of 'serious drama' in the late 19th century through the work of Bernard Shaw, and argues that a Shavian version of serious drama was inextricably linked to the social and political structures of British society at the time. While political drama is still often thought of as adhering to a Shavian model in which social issues are presented through a dialectical structure, Grochala argues that the different political structures of contemporary Britain give rise to formally inventive dramaturgies that are no less 'serious' or political than their Shavian forebears.Through analysing the experimental dramaturgies of contemporary plays by playwrights including Caryl Churchill, Simon Stephens, Anthony Neilson, debbie tucker green and Mark Ravenhill, among others, it offers a set of new principles for understanding how a play functions politically and reveals how today the dramaturgical structure of a play is as political as its content.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472588463
ISBN-10: 1472588460
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers a detailed explanation and historicization of the fundamental elements of dramatic structure, referring to major British and Irish writers such as Bernard Shaw, David Hare, David Edgar, Sarah Kane, Howard Barker and others

Notă biografică

Sarah Grochala is a lecturer in writing for theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK, and teaches playwriting on their MFA/MA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media. Her plays, which have been staged nationally and internationally, include: S-27 (Amnesty International/iceandfire Protect the Human Award 2007) and Smolensk (Adopt a Playwright Award 2011). She is currently an associate artist with the theatre company Headlong.

Cuprins

Contents Forward Introduction 1 - Serious Drama 2 - The Politics of Structure 3 - Time 4 - Space 5 - Plot 6 - Character Conclusion Bibliography Index

Recenzii

[Grochala's] book is at its most powerful when it engages with such divided selves and spaces, as well as the creative impulses that lie behind them.
The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure is a valuable resource for students and academics, as well as to new and established playwrights. This book will become a staple in my arsenal as an academic, lecturer and playwright. I found the book so useful that I began using it in my teaching and lectures even before I had finished reading it.