
Rewriting the Nation
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In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the London fringe and the work of touring companies.
In the second part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply involved in the project of rewriting the nation.
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- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. Context
- 1 Cult of the New?
- A partial history of new writing
- The new writing system in the 2000s
- 2 What Is New Writing?
- Distinctive and original
- Relevant and resonant
- Form and content
- New writing, not
- Stimulating and provocative
- II. Themes
- 3 Global Roaming
- Prophesying war
- Home front
- Trips abroad
- Soldier boys
- Special relations
- World news
- 4 Market Forces
- Thatcher's legacy
- Money problems
- Celebrity cheats
- Migrant moves
- Hard labour
- 5 Two Nations
- Chavs and have-nots
- Winning losers
- Country matters
- Segregated communities
- Racial tensions
- Devolved identities
- 6 Love Hurts
- Family favourites
- Couples in crisis
- Unsuitable suitors
- Desperate females
- Worried men
- Terrible teens
- 7 Rival Realities
- Inner space
- Dystopian visions
- Spooky coincidences
- Parallel worlds
- Medium messages
- Imagined communities
- Conclusion
- Cultural hybrids
- Fictional heroes
- Rewriting politics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
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- I
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- K
- L
- M
- N
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- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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