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9781408129579

Modern British Playwriting: The 1960's Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

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    9781408129579

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    1408129574

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-08-15
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

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Summary

Essential for students of theatre studies, this series of 6 decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to the present. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights from that decade together with an extensive commentary on the period. The 60s volume provides a detailed study of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to promience: Edward Bond, John Arden, Harold Pinter and Alan Ayckbourn. As with other volumes in the series, it offers an analysis of some of its most important and representative plays and playwrights; provides the appropriate contextual information, and revisits each decade from the perspective of the twenty first century. Contents: 1. A chronological survey of the decade: the social, cultural and technological changes and the playwrights of the time. 2. The decade as it looked then: theatrical activity, political circumstances and historical context. 3. The four writers from their beginnings up to the start of the decade. 4. An analysis of their plays within the decade combined with a study of primary material such as early play drafts, interviews and critical receptions of the time. 5. A new interview with the writers, reflecting on the period and the plays under discussion. 6. An Afterword: what the writers went on to do next. 7. Select bibliographies Edited by Dr Steve Nicholson and with essays from three further leading scholars, this is an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of British playwriting in the 1960s.

Author Biography

Dr Steve Nicholson is Director of Drama within the English Department at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Table of Contents

General Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Introduction to the 1960sp. 1
Domestic lifep. 1
Societyp. 3
Science, technology and industryp. 8
Culturep. 9
Mediap. 15
Political eventsp. 20
Theatre in the 1960sp. 29
1960-64p. 31
Performance and politicsp. 31
Cruelty and violencep. 34
Shakespearep. 36
Staging realityp. 38
The age of satirep. 41
Theatres of warp. 43
Beyond wordsp. 49
Aunt Edna versus the RSCp. 54
1965-69p. 58
Documentary theatrep. 62
Staging Vietnamp. 64
Racep. 67
The American avant-gardep. 72
The golden agep. 74
Waiting for paradisep. 79
Conclusionp. 82
Introducing the Playwrightsp. 85
Introduction to John Ardenp. 85
Introduction to Edward Bondp. 91
Introduction to Harold Pinterp. 97
Introduction to Alan Ayckboump. 102
Playwrights and Playsp. 108
John Ardenp. 108
Serjeant Musgrave's Dancep. 110
The Workhouse Donkeyp. 119
Armstrong's Last Good Nightp. 126
Britain's Brechtp. 134
Conclusionp. 134
Edward Bondp. 136
Savedp. 139
Early Morningp. 147
Learp. 154
Conclusionp. 160
Harold Pinterp. 161
The Caretakerp. 163
Early audience response; or, A bloody pain in the neck'p. 168
The Homecomingp. 171
Pinter beyond Britain; or looking for Beckettp. 175
Censorshipp. 178
Landscape and Silencep. 181
Afterwordp. 187
Alan Ayckbournp. 190
1960-64: taking (first) stepsp. 192
1965-70: comedies of sex and classp. 196
Relatively Speakingp. 198
How the Other Half Loves and Family Circlesp. 205
Afterwordp. 214
Documentsp. 216
John Ardenp. 216
Edward Bondp. 224
Harold Pinterp. 233
Afterwordp. 243
John Ardenp. 243
Edward Bondp. 249
Harold Pinterp. 254
Alan Ayckbournp. 260
Notesp. 266
Select Bibliographyp. 288
Indexp. 295
Notes on contributorsp. 304
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