Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis

by Vicky Angelaki

In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre has provided a unifying forum, treating spectators as citizens. This book critically deals with representative plays and playwrights who have stood out in the UK and internationally in the post-recession era, delivering theatre that in the process of being truthful to the contemporary experience has also redefined theatrical form...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474213170
• ISBN13: 9781474213172
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"