In-yer-face Theatre: British Drama Today - Softcover
Synopsis
The most controversial and newsworthy plays of British theatre are a rash of rude, vicious and provocative pieces by a brat pack of twentysomethings whose debuts startled critics and audiences with their heady mix of sex, violence and street-poetry.
In-Yer-Face Theatre is the first book to study this exciting outburst of creative self-expression by what in other contexts has been called Generation X, or Thatcher's Children, the 'yoof' who grew up during the last Conservative Government. The book argues that, for example, Trainspotting, Blasted, Mojo and Shopping and F**king are much more than a collection of shock tactics - taken together, they represent a consistent critique of modern life, one which focuses on the problem of violence, the crisis of masculinity and the futility of consumerism. The book contains extensive interviews with playwrights, including Sarah Kane (Blasted), Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and F**king), Philip Ridley (The Pitchfork Disney), Patrick Marber (Closer) and Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane).
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Praise
'A definitive new book on the phenomenon [of in-yer-face theatre]' Saturday Telegraph
Book Description
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today by Aleks Sierz is the first book to examine the exciting burst of creative self-expression which constitutes contemporary British drama. Featuring interviews with Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenshill, Martin McDonagh and many others.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0571200494
- ISBN 13 9780571200498
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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