
Point Blank
'Nothing to Declare', 'Operation Wonderland', and 'Roses and Morphine'
Liz Tomlin(Editor)
Intellect Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-84150-169-7 (ISBN)
Description
Point Blank, one of Britain's most provocative new theater companies, has received a deluge of critical acclaim for its darkly comic political satire and bleak metaphorical landscapes. Point Blank: Nothing to Declare, Operation Wonderland, Roses and Morphine, here reproduces three prominent examples of the company's early work and contextualizes these plays in the wider tradition and recent history of British political theater.
In addition to the full performance scripts, Point Blank offers comprehensive notes to enable a range of potential restagings of the plays, as well as critical essays suggesting bold interpretations of the interplay between contemporary theatrical performance and the prevailing political climate. Editor Liz Tomlin offers invaluable insight into the company's dramaturgical processes that transform theoretical ideas into mythical, absurd scenarios and visually striking theatrical metaphor. Subversive and incendiary, Point Blank is forging a radical new vision of twenty-first-century theater.
In addition to the full performance scripts, Point Blank offers comprehensive notes to enable a range of potential restagings of the plays, as well as critical essays suggesting bold interpretations of the interplay between contemporary theatrical performance and the prevailing political climate. Editor Liz Tomlin offers invaluable insight into the company's dramaturgical processes that transform theoretical ideas into mythical, absurd scenarios and visually striking theatrical metaphor. Subversive and incendiary, Point Blank is forging a radical new vision of twenty-first-century theater.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Point Blank theatre company"One of the most exciting theatres around. . . . Political, witty, challenging and bold."-Guardian
"Quality theatre . . . totally compelling."-Independent on Sunday
"Explosive new political satire . . . living up to their tag as Britain's hottest new theatre company. . . . This is incendiary stuff."-Edinburgh Evening News
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84150-169-7 (9781841501697)
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E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Intellect Books
€24.49
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Person
Liz Tomlin is co-artistic director of the Point Blank theater company, based in Sheffield, and a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Content
'Point Blank' - Page 7 - Liz Tomlin 'Acknowledgments' - Page 8 - Liz Tomlin 'Telling Stories: The Point Blank Trilogy' - Page 9 - John Bull 'Nothing to Declare' - Page 17 - Liz Tomlin, with Selected Critical Reviews 'Operation Wonderland' - Page 39 - Liz Tomlin and Steve Jackson, with Selected Critical Reviews 'Roses and Morphine' - Page 73 - Liz Tomlin, with Selected Critical Reviews 'Fantasy and Delusion: The Dramaturgy of Point Blank's Nothing to Declare' - Page 99 - Steve Jackson 'Tracing the Footprints of Critical Thought: Point Blank's Work as Cultural Analysis' - 115 - Liz Tomlin