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Contemporary British Theatre surveys the complex and dynamic theatre of the eighties and early nineties reflecting a country that is multicultural, multiethnic and multinational. The contributors - artists, scholars and critics - offer insights into the unique forms of theatre performance devised to express the tensions and pressures of our time. The productions discussed include the recent work of internationally-known playwrights such as Timberlake Wertenbaker, Howard Barker, Caryl Churchill, Steven Berkoff, Edward Bond, David Edgar and Tony Harrison; the new generation of directors including Deborah Warner, Sam Mendes, Jatinder Verma, Richard Jones, Jenny Killick and Declan Donnellan; designers such as Bob Crowley, Alison Chitty, Richard Hudson, Maria Bjornson, Hayden Griffin, Anthony Ward, David Filding, Mark Thompson; and theatre co-operatives such as Welfare State International, the People Show, DV8 Physical Theatre, Theatre de Complicite, Forced Entertainment, Cardiff Laboratory Theatre, Magdalena Project, Communicado, Brith Gof, Moving Being and Man Act.; For the paperback edition a new preface has been written, including several updating pieces from individual contributors.

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Book category Books in English The arts Theatre studies

• Full title: Contemporary British Theatre
• Author: T. Shank
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243
• EAN: 9780333684061
• ISBN: 0333684060
• ID: 04597556
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 370 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. November 1996

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