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The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers

Author : Mustapha Matura
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-11-04
ISBN 10 : 9781408145715
Pages : 496 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (145 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers in PDF Full Online Free by Mustapha Matura and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the present day. In doing so it charts the journey from specialist black theatre companies to the mainstream, including West End success, while providing a cultural and racial barometer for Britain during the last forty years. It opens with Mustapha Matura's 1979 play Welcome Home Jacko which in its depiction of a group of young unemployed West Indians was one of the first to explore issues of youth culture, identity and racial and cultural identification. Jackie Kay's Chiaroscuro examines debates about the politics of black, mixed race and lesbian identities in 1980s Britain, and from the 1990s Winsome Pinnock's Talking in Tongues engages with the politics of feminism to explore issues of black women's identity in Britian and Jamaica. From the first decade of the twenty-first century the three plays include Roy Williams' seminal pub-drama Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads, exploring racism and identity against the backdrop of the World Cup; Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre play of 2004, Fix Up, about black cultural history and progress in modern Britain, and finally Bola Agbage's terrific 2007 debut, Gone Too Far!, which examines questions of identity and tensions between Africans and Caribbeans living in Britain. Edited by Lynnette Goddard, this important anthology provides an essential introduction to the last forty years of British black theatre.

The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays

Author : Cicely Hamilton
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-01-31
ISBN 10 : 9781408176597
Pages : 160 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (176 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays in PDF Full Online Free by Cicely Hamilton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays is an anthology of eight exciting pieces written for and by members of the Actresses Franchise League from 1909-13. Immediately playable, they offer strong, varied roles for female casts, while also providing invaluable source material to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines. Featuring 'How The Vote Was Won' which remains one of the most popular and well known suffrage plays, the volume also includes seven shorter works: 'Lady Geraldine's Speech' (1909), a fantastic, fun piece for actresses. Lady Geraldine hasn't thought through the Suffrage cause and, on a visit to an old school friend meets some charismatic, successful and intelligent women who soon enlighten and encourage her on to the right path! 'Pot and Kettle' (1909), a comic piece in which a young woman returns to her family in great distress having assaulted a suffragette who was sitting near her at a Anti-Suffragist meeting. 'Miss Appleyard's Awakening' about an anti-suffrage campaigner who finds herself in the home of a sympathizer but ends up inadvertently drawing her hostesses' attention to the contradictions in her arguments 'Her Vote' by the actor and playwright Henry Esmond which provides an interesting male viewpoint on the movement, criticizing the young suffragist for wanting to be part of a movement about which she seems to understand little. 'The Anti-Suffragist or The Other Side', a charming, clever monologue about a sheltered young woman who finds herself increasingly involved with her local Anti-Suffrage society and increasingly puzzled by what she learns there. 'The Mother's Meeting', an entertaining monologue that uses a working class character to expose the inconsistencies in the Anti-Suffrage arguments. 'Tradition' was first performed at a matinee for the Woman Suffrage Party held at the Berkeley Theatre in New York City on Saturday 24 January 1913. The plays featured articulate the arguments of the Suffrage Movement through a variety of styles, both comic and serious, and perfectly illustrate the use of drama as a medium for social change and entertainment. Together with illustrations and an introduction charting the history of the Actresses Franchise League and exploring the context and provenance of the plays, this is an excellent resource for both study and performance.

The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays

Author : Sarah Benson
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-05-23
ISBN 10 : 9781408157015
Pages : 509 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (157 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays in PDF Full Online Free by Sarah Benson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents six of the best new plays by some of the most exciting American playwrights whose work is currently gaining acclaim. It showcases work produced at a number of the leading theatres as selected by Sarah Benson, artistic director at Soho Rep in New York, and provides a detailed introduction to the plays.

The Methuen Drama Anthology of Testimonial Plays

Author : Tim Etchells
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-01-30
ISBN 10 : 9781408176535
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (176 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Anthology of Testimonial Plays in PDF Full Online Free by Tim Etchells and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This diverse anthology features eight contemporary plays founded in testimonies from across the world. Showcasing challenging and provocative works of theatre, the collection also provides a clear insight into the workings of the genre through author interviews, introductions from the companies and performance images which illustrate the process of creating each piece. Bystander 9/11 by Meron Langsner is an impressionistic but wholly authentic response to the catastrophe as it unfolded and in the days following. Big Head by Denise Uyehara is an interrogation of current perceptions of "the enemy now" as seen through the lens of Japanese American internment during World War II. Urban Theatre Projects' The Fence is a tale of love, belonging and healing. It is a tender work that looks at the adult lives of five family and friends who spent their childhoods in orphanages, institutions and foster homes in Australia. Come Out Eli: Christmas 2002 in Hackney, London, saw the longest siege in British history. Using interviews collected at the time and further material gathered in the aftermath, Alecky Blythe's play explores the impact of the siege on the lives of individuals and the community. The Travels: members of Forced Entertainment undertook a series of journeys during one summer, each travelling alone to locations in the UK to complete tasks determined only partially in advance. This began a mapping process and the creation of a landscape of ideas, narratives and bad dreams. On the Record by Christine Bacon and Noah Birksted-Breen circumnavigates the globe to bring true stories from six independent journalists, all linked by their determination to shed light on the truth. Created by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith and Susan Yankowitz, Seven is based on personal interviews with seven women who have triumphed over huge obstacles to catalyse major changes in human rights in their home countries of Russia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Guatemala and Cambodia. Pajarito Nuevo la Lleva: The Sounds of the Coup by María José Contreras Lorenzini focuses upon sense memories of witnesses who were children at the time of the 1974 military coup in Chile.

The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-22
ISBN 10 : 9781408176504
Pages : 528 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (176 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays in PDF Full Online Free by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900–2000, this anthology contains nine emblematic scripts from twentieth and twenty-first century Asian theatre. Opening with a history of modern Asian drama and a summary of the plays and their contexts, it features nine works written between 1912 and 2009 in Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Showcasing fresh contemporary writing alongside plays central to the established canon, the collection surveys each playwright's work, and includes: Father Returns by Kikuchi Kan Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and the Farewell Speech by Okada Toshiki Sunrise by Cao Yu I Love XXX by Meng Jinghui, Huang Jingang, Wang Xiaoli, Shi Hang Bicycle by O Tae-sok The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore Hayavadana by Girish Karnad The Struggle of the Naga Tribe by W. S. Rendra Truong Ba's Soul in the Butcher's Skin by Luu Quang Vu The chronological and geographical breadth of the anthology provides a unique insight into modern Asian theatre and is essential to any understanding of its relation to Western drama and indigenous performance.

Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama

Author : Mary Brewer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-16
ISBN 10 : 9781137506290
Pages : 252 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (56 downloads)

Download Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama in PDF Full Online Free by Mary Brewer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s to the present. Interweaving social and cultural context with close critical analysis of key dramatists' plays, leading scholars explore how these dramatists have created an enduring, transformative and diverse cultural presence.

Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009

Author : Dan Rebellato
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-12-16
ISBN 10 : 9781408129586
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (129 downloads)

Download Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009 in PDF Full Online Free by Dan Rebellato and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four/five key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . Edited by Dan Rebellato, Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009 provides an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of the theatre of the decade, together with a detailed study of the work of David Greig (Nadine Holdsworth), Simon Stephens (Jacqueline Bolton), Tim Crouch (Dan Rebellato), Roy Williams (Michael Pearce) and Debbie Tucker Green (Lynette Goddard). The volume sets the context by providing a chronological survey of the decade, one marked by the War on Terror, the excesses of economic globalization and the digital revolution. In surveying the theatrical activity and climate, Andrew Haydon explores the response to the political events, the rise of verbatim theatre, the increasing experimentation and the effect of both the Boyden Report and changes in the Arts Council's priorities. Five scholars provide detailed examinations of the playwrights' work during the decade, combining an analysis of their plays with a study of other material such as early play drafts and the critical receptions of the time. Interviews with each playwright further illuminate this stimulating final volume in the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series.

Contemporary Black British Playwrights

Author : L. Goddard
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-02-17
ISBN 10 : 9781137493101
Pages : 255 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (493 downloads)

Download Contemporary Black British Playwrights in PDF Full Online Free by L. Goddard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje.

Black British Women's Theatre

Author : Nicola Abram
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-10-12
ISBN 10 : 9783030514594
Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (514 downloads)

Download Black British Women's Theatre in PDF Full Online Free by Nicola Abram and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women’s theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals’ personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice. Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women’s Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green. Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights/practitioners and their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women’s creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women’s Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past.

The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945–2010)

Author : Deirdre Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-14
ISBN 10 : 9781316849101
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (849 downloads)

Download The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945–2010) in PDF Full Online Free by Deirdre Osborne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers a comprehensive account of the influence of contemporary British Black and Asian writing in British culture. While there are a number of anthologies covering Black and Asian literature, there is no volume that comparatively addresses fiction, poetry, plays and performance, and provides critical accounts of the qualities and impact within one book. It charts the distinctive Black and Asian voices within the body of British writing and examines the creative and cultural impact that African, Caribbean and South Asian writers have had on British literature. It analyzes literary works from a broad range of genres, while also covering performance writing and non-fiction. It offers pertinent historical context throughout, and new critical perspectives on such key themes as multiculturalism and evolving cultural identities in contemporary British literature. This Companion explores race, politics, gender, sexuality, identity, amongst other key literary themes in Black and Asian British literature. It will serve as a key resource for scholars, graduates, teachers and students alike.

Contemporary Black British Playwrights

Author : L. Goddard
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-02-17
ISBN 10 : 9781137493101
Pages : 255 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (493 downloads)

The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-12-10
ISBN 10 : 9781783195558
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (195 downloads)

Download The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors in PDF Full Online Free by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Naomie Harris How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actresses gives readers an insight into some of the best cutting-edge plays written by black British playwrights, over the last sixty years. This collection features over twenty speeches by Britain’s most prominent black dramatists. The monologues represent a wide-range of themes, characters, dialects and styles. Suitable for young people and adults, each selection includes production information, a synopsis of the play, a biography of the playwright and a scene summary. The aim of this collection is that actors will enjoy working on these speeches, using them to help strengthen their craft, and by doing so, help to ensure these plays are always remembered.

The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing

Author : Susheila Nasta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-16
ISBN 10 : 9781108169004
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (169 downloads)

Download The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing in PDF Full Online Free by Susheila Nasta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing provides a comprehensive historical overview of the diverse literary traditions impacting on this field's evolution, from the eighteenth century to the present. Drawing on the expertise of over forty international experts, this book gathers innovative scholarship to look forward to new readings and perspectives, while also focusing on undervalued writers, texts, and research areas. Creating new pathways to engage with the naming of a field that has often been contested, readings of literary texts are interwoven throughout with key political, social, and material contexts. In making visible the diverse influences constituting past and contemporary British literary culture, this Cambridge History makes a unique contribution to British, Commonwealth, postcolonial, transnational, diasporic, and global literary studies, serving both as one of the first major reference works to cover four centuries of black and Asian British literary history and as a compass for future scholarship.

The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Plays

Author : Joe Penhall
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-02-26
ISBN 10 : 9781408123911
Pages : 442 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (123 downloads)

Download The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Plays in PDF Full Online Free by Joe Penhall and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Plays showcases five of the best new plays from the first decade of the twenty-first century. A perfect reminder of the relevance, vitality and innovation of British theatre, this collection represents some of the most exciting plays to emerge in recent years. Joe Penhall's multi-award-winning Blue/Orange was heralded as 'one of the best new plays in the National's history' (Sunday Times). Set in a mental hospital it provides a riveting exploration of racism, health and power, and was the winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2001. Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah, about gun crime and the struggle to make a living on Hackney's Murder Mile, marked the emergence of a major new writing talent. 'An exquisite tragi-comedy for our times' (Herald) Neilson's Realism dramatises the everyday life and increasingly bizarre fantasies and thoughts of its protagonist with comic zeal and inspired inventiveness. Gone Too Far! explores a London community divided by race and prejudice. The first play to be written about the London 7/7 terrorist bombings, Simon Stephens' Pornography tells seven entwining stories of people's lives during the day leading up to the catastrophic event.

Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre

Author : Patrick Duggan
Publisher : Intellect Books
Release Date : 2013-12-01
ISBN 10 : 9781783202171
Pages : 250 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (22 downloads)

Download Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre in PDF Full Online Free by Patrick Duggan and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1960 and 2010, a new generation of British avant-garde theatre companies, directors, designers and performers emerged. Some of these companies and individuals have endured to become part of theatre history while others have disappeared from the scene, mutated into new forms, or become part of the establishment. Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre at long last puts these small-scale British theatre companies and personalities in the scholarly spotlight. By questioning what 'Britishness' meant in relation to the small-scale work of these practitioners, contributors articulate how it is reflected in the goals, manifestos and aesthetics of these companies.

Shakespeare, Race and Performance

Author : Delia Jarrett-Macauley
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
ISBN 10 : 9781317429449
Pages : 200 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (429 downloads)

Download Shakespeare, Race and Performance in PDF Full Online Free by Delia Jarrett-Macauley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to study Shakespeare within a multicultural society? And who has the power to transform Shakespeare? The Diverse Bard explores how Shakespeare has been adapted by artists born on the margins of the Empire, and how actors of Asian and African-Caribbean origin are being cast by white mainstream directors. It examines how notions of 'race' define the contemporary British experience, including the demands of traditional theatre, and it looks at both the playtexts themselves and contemporary productions. Editor Delia Jarrett-Macauley assembles a stunning collection of classic texts and new scholarship by leading critics and practitioners, to provide the first comprehensive critical and practical analysis of this field.

Voice and New Writing, 1997-2007

Author : M. Inchley
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-14
ISBN 10 : 9781137432339
Pages : 204 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (432 downloads)

Download Voice and New Writing, 1997-2007 in PDF Full Online Free by M. Inchley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New Labour's empathetic regime, how did diverse voices scrutinize its etiquettes of articulation and audibility? Using the voice as cultural evidence, Voice and New Writing explores what it means to 'have' a voice in mainstream theatre and for newly included voices to negotiate with the institutions that 'find' and 'represent' their identities.