Contemporary European Playwrights

Synopsis

Contemporary European Playwrights presents and discusses a range of key writers that have radically reshaped European theatre by finding new ways to express the changing nature of the continent’s society and culture, and whose work is still in dialogue with Europe today. Traversing borders and languages, this volume offers a fresh approach to analyzing plays in production by some of the most widely-performed European playwrights, assessing how their work has revealed new meanings and theatrical possibilities as they move across the continent, building an unprecedented picture of the contemporary European repertoire. With chapters by leading scholars and contributions by the writers themselves, the chapters bring playwrights together to examine their work as part of a network and genealogy of writing, examining how these plays embody and interrogate the nature of contemporary Europe. Written for students and scholars of European theatre and playwriting, this book will leave the reader with an understanding of the shifting relationships between the subsidized and commercial, the alternative and the mainstream stage, and political stakes of playmaking in European theatre since 1989.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781351620536

Related ISBNs:

9781315111940, 9781138084223, 9781138084223, 9781138084216, 9781138084216

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/14/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Maria M. Delgado, Bryce Lease and Dan Rebellato

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Maria M. Delgado

Edited by:

Bryce Lease

Edited by:

Dan Rebellato