{"product_id":"strategies-of-political-theatre-post-war-british-playwrights-hardback-9780521258555","title":"Strategies of Political Theatre; Post-War British Playwrights (Hardback) 9780521258555","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStrategies of Political Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePost-War British Playwrights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides theoretical framework for important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Patterson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521258555, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 May 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.547 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'Now that mainstream British theatre seems to have remembered politics, it is useful to recall, with Michael Patterson's help, that political creeds used to inspire stands on the theatrical barricades, if nowhere else.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining representative plays by Arnold Wesker, John Arden, Trevor Griffith, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, David Hare, John McGrath and Caryl Churchill, the author analyses their respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for a radical restructuring of society. The book begins with a discussion of the way that theatre has been used to convey a political message. Each chapter is then devoted to an exploration of the engagement of individual playwrights with left-wing political theatre, including a detailed analysis of one of their major plays. Despite political change since the 1980s, political play-writing continues to be a significant element in contemporary play-writing, but in a very changed form.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Brief chronology, 1953–1989\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Theory: 1. Strategies of political theatre: a theoretical overview\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Two Model Strategies: 2. The 'reflectionist' strategy: 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959)\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'interventionist' strategy: poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Reflectionist Strain: 4. The dialectics of comedy: Trevor Griffiths's Comedians (1975)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Appropriating middle-class comedy: Howard Barker's Stripwell (1975)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Staging the future: Howard Brenton's The Churchill Play (1974)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Interventionist Strain: 7. Agit-prop revisited: John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Brecht revisited: David Hare's Fanshen (1975)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rewriting Shakespeare: Edward Bond's Lear (1971)\u003cbr\u003e 10. The strategy of play: Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006959669528,"sku":"9780521258555","price":77.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521258555i_7216229e-eb5c-4e44-a863-bfc2767153fc.jpg?v=1691374117","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/strategies-of-political-theatre-post-war-british-playwrights-hardback-9780521258555","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}