The Theatre of Anthony Neilson

Trish Reid (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2017
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4725-7030-7 (ISBN)

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Anthony Neilson is one of the most exciting and challenging voices in contemporary British theatre. For more than two decades he has been in the vanguard of new writing and has acquired a formidable reputation for innovation and experimentation. His major stage plays include Penetrator, The Censor, Stitching, Realism, Unreachable and his 2004 masterpiece The Wonderful World of Dissocia, arguably one of the finest Scottish plays of the new millennium.

This volume provides the first full-length study of Neilson’s plays and his innovative rehearsal methodology. As well as providing a detailed account of each play Trish Reid includes an extensive new interview with Neilson and additional contributions from important scholars and commentators in the field. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to develop a better understanding of one of British theatre’s most original artists.

Trish Reid is Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London, UK. She is the author of Theatre & Scotland (2012), and has contributed chapters to The Suspect Culture Book (2013); Modern British Playwriting the 1990s (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2012) and The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama (2011).

Acknowledgements
1. INTRODUCTION: NEILSON IN CONTEXT
2. PART I CRITICAL SURVEY
a. Relationship plays:
i. Normal
ii. Penetrator
iii. The Censor
iv. Stitching
b. Experiments in form
i. Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
ii. The Wonderful World of Dissocia
iii. Realism
iv. Relocated
v. Narrative
c. Seasonal Entertainments and plays for young people
i. Home Edinburgh and The Séance
ii. The Night Before Christmas
iii. The Lying Kind
iv. God in Ruins
v. Get Santa!
d. Neilson as Director
i. The Death of Klinghoffer (EIF 2005)
ii. Caledonia (NTS 2010)
iii. Marat Sade (RSC 2011)
3. PART II PERSPECTIVES
a. Anthony Neilson in Conversation
b. Critical
i. Realism: Unstable Realities and Mental Health, by Anna Harpin (University of Warwick, UK)
ii. Neilson in Rehearsal, by Gary Cassidy (University of Reading, UK)
c. Perspectives on Neilson
i. Dominic Cooke
ii. Vicky Featherstone
iii. Michael Boyd
4. CONCLUSION
5. RESOURCES
a. Chronology of works
b. Glossary of critical terms
c. Further reading
Endnotes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Critical Companions
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4725-7030-8 / 1472570308
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-7030-7 / 9781472570307
Zustand	Neuware