Drama + Theory: Critical Approaches to Modern British DramaEnergetically places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays. Each chapter pairs a well-known play from the post-war period with a classic theory text, the theoretical text is not simply applied to the dramatic one: instead, the play and the theoretical text reflect on each other in a mutual illumination. Examples include: |
Contents
What does Jimmy Porter want? Osborne with Lacan | 10 |
Home front Pinter with Freud | 30 |
Hamlet games Stoppard with Lyotard | 50 |
After Orton before Foucault | 69 |
6 | 92 |
7 | 128 |
8 | 134 |
Culture and colonies Wertenbaker with Said | 153 |
Trauma and testimony in Blasted Kane with Felman | 172 |
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