Ethical Speculations in Contemporary British Theatre [electronic resource] /
Aragay, Mireia.editor.
Monforte, Enric.editor.
This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive critical examination of the intersections between contemporary ethical thought and post-1989 British playwriting. Its coverage of a large number of plays and playwrights, international range of contributors and original argumentation make it a key point of reference for students and researchers.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 To Begin to Speculate: Theatre Studies, Ethics and Spectatorship; Part I: (Post-)Holocaust Representations; 2 Violence, Testimony and Ethics in Martin Crimp's The Country and The City; 3 Bearing Witness and Ethical Responsibility in Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes; 4 How to Mourn: Kane, Pinter and Theatre as Monument to Loss in the 1990s; Part II: Theoretical Speculations; 5 Two: Duologues and the Differend
6 The Undecidable and the Event: Ethics of Unrest in Martin Crimp's Attempts on Her Life and debbie tucker green's truth and reconciliationPart III: Spectatorial Ethics; 7 Playing with Proximity: Precarious Ethics on Stage in the New Millennium; 8 Witness or Accomplice? Unsafe Spectatorship in the Work of Anthony Neilson and Simon Stephens; 9 Witnessing, Sexualized Spectatorship and the (De)construction of Queer Identities in Mother Clap's Molly House, The Pride and Cock; Part IV: Ethics and Institutions
10 From Front Page to Front Stage: War Correspondents and Media Ethics in British Theatre11 Kicking Tots and Revolutionary Trots: The English Stage Company Young People's Theatre Scheme 1969-70; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive critical examination of the intersections between contemporary ethical thought and post-1989 British playwriting. Its coverage of a large number of plays and playwrights, international range of contributors and original argumentation make it a key point of reference for students and researchers.
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