Provides theoretical framework for important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Brief chronology, 1953-1989 --...
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Provides theoretical framework for important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Brief chronology, 1953-1989 -- Introduction -- Part 1: Theory -- 1 Strategies of political theatre: a theoretical overview -- Part 2: Two model strategies -- 2 The 'reflectionist' strategy: 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- Roots (1959) -- 3 The 'interventionist' strategy: poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Part 3: The reflectionist strain -- 4 The dialectics of comedy: Trevor Griffiths's Comedians (1975) -- Comedians (1975) -- 5 Appropriating middle-class comedy: Howard Barker's Stripwell (1975) -- Stripwell (1975) -- 6 Staging the future: Howard Brenton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- The Churchill Play (1974) -- Part 4: The interventionist strain -- 7 Agit-prop revisited: John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- 8 Brecht revisited: David Hare's Fanshen (1975) -- Fanshen (1975) -- 9 Rewriting Shakespeare: Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Lear (1971) -- 10 The strategy of play: Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979) -- Cloud Nine (1979) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 STRATEGIES OF POLITICAL THEATRE: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW -- 2 THE 'REFLECTIONIST' STRATEGY: 'KITCHEN SINK' REALISM IN ARNOLD WESKER'S ROOTS (1959) -- 3 THE 'INTERVENTIONIST' STRATEGY: POETIC POLITICS IN JOHN ARDEN'S SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE (1959) -- 4 THE DIALECTICS OF COMEDY: TREVOR GRIFFITHS'S COMEDIANS (1975) -- 5 APPROPRIATING MIDDLE-CLASS COMEDY: HOWARD BARKER'S STRIPWELL (1975) -- 6 STAGING THE FUTURE: HOWARD BRENTON'S THE CHURCHILL PLAY (1974) -- 7 AGIT-PROP REVISITED: JOHN MCGRATH'S THE CHEVIOT, THE STAG AND THE BLACK, BLACK OIL (1973) -- 8 BRECHT REVISITED: DAVID HARE'S FANSHEN (1975).
