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Scenes from the Revolution
Making Political Theatre 1968-20181. Aufl.
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124,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Pluto Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 20.09.2018 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781786803368 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
Political theatre thrives on turbulence. By turning the political issues of the day into a potent, dramatic art form, its practitioners hold up a mirror to our society - with the power to shock, discomfit and entertain.
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<br> Scenes from the Revolution is a celebration of fifty years of political theatre in Britain. Including 'lost' scripts from companies including Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre, The Women's Theatre Group and The General Will, with incisive commentary from contemporary political theatre makers, the book asks the essential questions: What can be learnt from our rich history of political theatre? And how might contemporary practitioners apply these approaches to our current politically troubled world?
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<br> Beginning with a short history of pre-1968 political theatre - covering Brecht, Joan Littlewood and Ewan McColl - the editors move on to explore agit-prop, working-class theatre, theatre in education, theatre and race, women’s theatre and LGBTQ theatre. Featuring many of the leading voices in the field, then and now, Scenes from the Revolution is a must-read for anyone interested in politics in the arts.
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<br> Scenes from the Revolution is a celebration of fifty years of political theatre in Britain. Including 'lost' scripts from companies including Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre, The Women's Theatre Group and The General Will, with incisive commentary from contemporary political theatre makers, the book asks the essential questions: What can be learnt from our rich history of political theatre? And how might contemporary practitioners apply these approaches to our current politically troubled world?
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<br> Beginning with a short history of pre-1968 political theatre - covering Brecht, Joan Littlewood and Ewan McColl - the editors move on to explore agit-prop, working-class theatre, theatre in education, theatre and race, women’s theatre and LGBTQ theatre. Featuring many of the leading voices in the field, then and now, Scenes from the Revolution is a must-read for anyone interested in politics in the arts.
An exploration of radical political theatre in Britain from 1968 to present day.
Introduction: A Very Brief History of Political Theatre in the
<br> Twentieth Century up to 1968 - Kim Wiltshire and Billy Cowan
<br> Prologue by Lyn Gardner
<br> Scene 1: Agitprop and Political Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Interview with Rod Dixon (Red Ladder) and Kathleen McCreery (Red Ladder and Broadside Mobile Workers' Theatre) - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Apartheid: The British Connection (Extract), Broadside Mobile Workers' Theatre - Kathleen McCreery
<br> Contemporary Protest Theatre in South Africa - David Peimer
<br> The Lost Art of Agitprop and the Return of Socialist Praxis - Rebecca Hillman
<br> Scene 2: Working-Class Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Blood Red Roses at the Liverpool Everyman - Bob Eaton
<br> Ways of Seeing: Class, Gender and the Universal, from Blood Red Roses to The Sum - Lizzie Nunnery
<br> Plugging into History: Time Travel with John McGrath and 7: 84 - Lindsay Rodden
<br> Scene 3: Theatre in Education
<br> Introduction - Anthony Jackson
<br> Farewell to Erin (Extract), Belgrade TIE Company
<br> Interview with Tony Hughes (M6 Theatre Company) and Justine Themen (Belgrade TIE Company) - Billy Cowan
<br> Everyone's Got a Story to Tell ... and Their Own Way of Telling It - Julia Samuels (20 Stories High)
<br> Scene 4: Women's Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Interview with Sue Parrish (Sphinx) and Mica Nava (Women's Theatre Group) - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Work To Role (Extract), Women's Theatre Group
<br> The Work of Open Clasp and Why Women-centred Theatre is Still Relevant Today - Catrina McHugh (MBE) and Jill Heslop
<br> Forty Years of Women-centred Theatre-Making - Anna Hermann with Kim Wiltshire
<br> A Conversation on Sexual Assault in Theatre - Mighty Heart and Kim Wiltshire
<br> Scene 5: Queer Theatre
<br> Introduction - Billy Cowan
<br> Men (Extract), Don Milligan and Nol Greig
<br> Interview with Julie Parker (Drill Hall, 1981-2011) - Billy Cowan
<br> Interview with Ruth McCarthy (Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast) - Billy Cowan
<br> We Who are Here Together: (Re-)making Queer Theatre - Chris Goode
<br> Scene 6: Theatre and Race
<br> Introduction - May Sumbwanyambe
<br> A Tainted Dawn (Extract) - Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
<br> The Personal is Always Political - Sudha Bhuchar
<br> Pokfulam Road Productions: A Political Theatre Company? - Jingan Young
<br> Epilogue: Where Next for Political Theatre? - Billy Cowan and Kim Wiltshire
<br> Further Reading
<br> Notes on Contributors
<br> Index
<br> Twentieth Century up to 1968 - Kim Wiltshire and Billy Cowan
<br> Prologue by Lyn Gardner
<br> Scene 1: Agitprop and Political Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Interview with Rod Dixon (Red Ladder) and Kathleen McCreery (Red Ladder and Broadside Mobile Workers' Theatre) - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Apartheid: The British Connection (Extract), Broadside Mobile Workers' Theatre - Kathleen McCreery
<br> Contemporary Protest Theatre in South Africa - David Peimer
<br> The Lost Art of Agitprop and the Return of Socialist Praxis - Rebecca Hillman
<br> Scene 2: Working-Class Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Blood Red Roses at the Liverpool Everyman - Bob Eaton
<br> Ways of Seeing: Class, Gender and the Universal, from Blood Red Roses to The Sum - Lizzie Nunnery
<br> Plugging into History: Time Travel with John McGrath and 7: 84 - Lindsay Rodden
<br> Scene 3: Theatre in Education
<br> Introduction - Anthony Jackson
<br> Farewell to Erin (Extract), Belgrade TIE Company
<br> Interview with Tony Hughes (M6 Theatre Company) and Justine Themen (Belgrade TIE Company) - Billy Cowan
<br> Everyone's Got a Story to Tell ... and Their Own Way of Telling It - Julia Samuels (20 Stories High)
<br> Scene 4: Women's Theatre
<br> Introduction - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Interview with Sue Parrish (Sphinx) and Mica Nava (Women's Theatre Group) - Kim Wiltshire
<br> Work To Role (Extract), Women's Theatre Group
<br> The Work of Open Clasp and Why Women-centred Theatre is Still Relevant Today - Catrina McHugh (MBE) and Jill Heslop
<br> Forty Years of Women-centred Theatre-Making - Anna Hermann with Kim Wiltshire
<br> A Conversation on Sexual Assault in Theatre - Mighty Heart and Kim Wiltshire
<br> Scene 5: Queer Theatre
<br> Introduction - Billy Cowan
<br> Men (Extract), Don Milligan and Nol Greig
<br> Interview with Julie Parker (Drill Hall, 1981-2011) - Billy Cowan
<br> Interview with Ruth McCarthy (Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast) - Billy Cowan
<br> We Who are Here Together: (Re-)making Queer Theatre - Chris Goode
<br> Scene 6: Theatre and Race
<br> Introduction - May Sumbwanyambe
<br> A Tainted Dawn (Extract) - Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
<br> The Personal is Always Political - Sudha Bhuchar
<br> Pokfulam Road Productions: A Political Theatre Company? - Jingan Young
<br> Epilogue: Where Next for Political Theatre? - Billy Cowan and Kim Wiltshire
<br> Further Reading
<br> Notes on Contributors
<br> Index
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