{"product_id":"a-concise-companion-to-contemporary-british-and-irish-drama-paperback-softback-9781118492130","title":"A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118492130","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As an introduction to contemporary British and Irish drama and its literature, this Blackwell concise companion is excellent.... But be careful, intellectual stimulation is certain!\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNadine Holdsworth (Edited by), Mary Luckhurst (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118492130, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.404 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume provides valuable insight into the issues and practices of contemporary theater.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on major and emerging playwrights, institutions, and various theatre practices this \u003ci\u003eConcise Companion \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the key issues in British and Irish theatre since 1979. Written by leading international scholars in the field, this collection offers new ways of thinking about the social, political, and cultural contexts within which specific aspects of British and Irish theatre have emerged and explores the relationship between these contexts and the works produced. It investigates why particular issues and practices have emerged as significant in the theatre of this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNadine Holdsworth and Mary Luckhurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I National Politics and Identities 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Europe in Flux: Exploring Revolution and Migration in British Plays of the 1990s 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoff Willcocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ‘I’ll See You Yesterday’: Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and the Captivating Past 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Gleitman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Black British Drama and the Politics of Identity 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. Keith Peacock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Northern Irish Drama: Speaking the Peace 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom Maguire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Sites, Cities and Landscapes 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Production of ‘Site’: Site-Specific Theatre 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Wilkie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Staging an Urban Nation: Place and Identity in Contemporary Welsh Theatre 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeike Roms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Landscape of Contemporary Scottish Drama: Place, Politics and Identity 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNadine Holdsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Body, Text and the Real 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Body’s Cruel Joke: The Comic Theatre of Sarah Kane 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKen Urban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Physical Theatre: Complicite and the Question of Authority 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Freshwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Verbatim Theatre, Media Relations and Ethics 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Luckhurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Science, Ethics and New Technologies 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Theatre and Science 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Higgins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 From the State of the Nation to Globalization: Shifting Political Agendas in Contemporary British Playwriting 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan Rebellato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Theatre for a Media-Saturated Age 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Gorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52503039836440,"sku":"9781118492130","price":27.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118492130.jpg?v=1786325001","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-concise-companion-to-contemporary-british-and-irish-drama-paperback-softback-9781118492130","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}