
Stephen Poliakoff on Stage and Screen
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This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of Poliakoff's work for stage and screen and a framework for its critical evaluation. It will prove invaluable to students of theatre, film, and television studies. Robin Nelson locates Poliakoff's distinctive vision and fierce independence as a writer and director in both personal and public histories and against industry contexts. He charts Poliakoff's 'meteoric rise' as a playwright, and his 'second starburst' in television drama since Shooting the Past (1999) which re-affirmed his reputation as a dramatist of distinction.
While the chronology of Poliakoff's impressive output is clearly laid out, works are discussed in thematic clusters ranging across mediums to afford a fresh perspective. The book covers 'issue dramas', 'quirky strong women' and 'histories/memories' as well as Poliakoff's early developing dramaturgy, and it examines in detail the later feature films and television dramas which have secured his reputation as our most distinctive television dramatist.
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1 Poliakoff: A Life on Stage and Screen
2 A Second Starburst: TV Mini-Series 1999 2007
- Shooting the Past
- Perfect Strangers
- The Lost Prince
- Friends and Crocodiles
- Gideon's Daughter
3 Developing a Dramaturgy: Finding a Framework for Critical Review
4 Meteoric Rise (1970s): Urban Youth on Stage and Screen
- Hitting Town
- City Sugar
- Shout Across the River
- Bloody Kids
- The Tribe
5 Issue Dramas
- Strawberry Fields
- Stronger than the Sun
- Close My Eyes
- Century
- Blinded by the Sun
6 Quirky Strong Women
- Coming Into Land
- She's Been Away
- Caught on a Train
- Capturing Mary
7 Histories/Memories
- Clever Soldiers
- Breaking the Silence
- Talk of the City
- Remember This
- Joe's Palace
8 Medium Boundaries: Feature Films and Films for Television
- Soft Targets
- Runners
- Hidden City
- Food of Love
- Glorious 39
9 The 'Poliakovian' Reviewed
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