A Politic Theatre
Subtitle: The Drama Of David Hare.(Costerus NS 105) (Costerus NS)
Publisher: Rodopi Bv Editions
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789051835694
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; Theatre, drama; English
Description: This analysis of twenty published texts by David Hare employs definitions from contemporary semiotic literary theory as a means of describing typologies of political drama. By tracing the incorporation of stylistic devices from agitational propaganda (caricature, self referentiality, the frisson between oral and visual significance) throughout the typologies, the study illustrates how each text subverts audience expectation based on established dramatic genres.

The collection of texts is seen as inherently self-referential and politically subversive.