Machine generated contents note: Other histories. Education -- Culture -- Media -- Science, technology and industry -- Political events -- 4. Theatre in the 1980s -- Thinking about the recent past -- Institutions, policies and funding -- New writing and playwrights in the 1980s -- Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter -- Present pasts -- 2. Introducing the Playwrights -- Crafting careers -- Howard Barker -- Jim Cartwright -- Sarah Daniels -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- 3. Playwrights and Plays -- Howard Barker / Sara Freeman -- The two lives of a play -- The slippery Howard Barker -- Victory: Choices in Reaction (1983) -- The Castle: A Triumph (1985) -- The Last Supper: A New Testament (1988) -- Jim Cartwright / David Lane -- Career and context -- Commonalities in Cartwright -- Road: venue and programming -- Bed: process and collaboration -- Two: popular culture and performance -- Conclusion -- Sarah Daniels / Jane Milling -- The question of realism -- A laughing matter: issues, politics and comedy -- Masterpieces -- The Devil's Gateway -- Neaptide -- Still laughing -- Timberlake Wertenbaker / Sara Freeman -- The moment: 1988 -- The plays: brisk sensuality -- The Grace of Mary Traverse -- Our Country's Good -- Love of the Nightingale -- An assessment: interrogative affirmation -- 4. Documents -- Howard Barker -- Jim Cartwright -- Sarah Daniels -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Afterword -- Making a name: critical reputations -- Howard Barker -- Jim Cartwright -- Sarah Daniels -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Other histories.
Summary:
This volume equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights and plays from a decade when political and economic forces were changing society dramatically. It offers a broad survey of the context and of the playwrights and companies such as Complicite and DV8 that rose to prominence at this time.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.