The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill / Edited By Elaine Aston; Elin Diamond
Contributor(s): Aston, Elaine (ed.) [Editor.] | Diamond, Elin (ed.) [Editor.].
Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xvi, 193p.ISBN: 9780521728942.Subject(s): Churchill, Caryl, 1938- -- Criticism and interpretation -- Works and themes | Feminist drama -- Studies -- British playwrights -- Great Britain | English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Great Britain | Women and literature -- Studies -- Feminist perspectives -- Great Britain | Drama, modern -- Interpretation -- Thematic and stylistic analysis -- Great BritainDDC classification: 822.914 Summary: Caryl Churchill's plays are internationally performed, studied and acclaimed by practitioners, theatre scholars, critics and audiences alike. With fierce imagination the plays dramatise the anxieties and terrors of contemporary life. This Companion presents new scholarship on Churchill's extraordinary and ground-breaking work. Chapters explore a cluster of major plays in relation to pressing social topics – ecological crisis, sexual politics, revolution, terror and selfhood – providing close readings of texts in their theatrical, theoretical and historical contexts. These topic-based essays are intercalated with other essays that delve into Churchill's major collaborations, her performance innovations and her influences on a new generation of playwrights. Contributors explore Churchill'...| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliography and index.
Caryl Churchill's plays are internationally performed, studied and acclaimed by practitioners, theatre scholars, critics and audiences alike. With fierce imagination the plays dramatise the anxieties and terrors of contemporary life. This Companion presents new scholarship on Churchill's extraordinary and ground-breaking work. Chapters explore a cluster of major plays in relation to pressing social topics – ecological crisis, sexual politics, revolution, terror and selfhood – providing close readings of texts in their theatrical, theoretical and historical contexts. These topic-based essays are intercalated with other essays that delve into Churchill's major collaborations, her performance innovations and her influences on a new generation of playwrights. Contributors explore Churchill'...
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