Modern British Playwriting - The 1960s by Nicholson, Steve -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents General Preface Introduction to the 1960s

Domestic life Society Science, technology and industry Culture Media Political events

1 Theatre in the 1960s

1960–64

Performance and politics Cruelty and violence Shakespeare Staging reality The age of satire Theatres of war Beyond words Aunt Edna versus the RSC

1965–69

Documentary theatre Staging Vietnam Race The American avant-garde The golden age Waiting for paradise Conclusion

2 Introducing the Playwrights

Introduction to John Arden by Bill McDonnell Introduction to Edward Bond Introduction to Harold Pinter Introduction to Alan Ayckbourn

3 Playwrights and Plays

John Arden by Bill McDonnell

Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance The Workhouse Donkey Armstrong’s Last Good Night Britain’s Brecht Conclusion

Edward Bond

Saved Early Morning Lear Conclusion

Harold Pinter by Jamie Andrews

The Caretaker Early audience response; or, ‘A bloody pain in the neck’ The Homecoming Pinter beyond Britain; or looking for Beckett Censorship Landscape and Silence Afterword

Alan Ayckbourn by Frances Babbage

1960–64: taking (first) steps 1965–70: comedies of sex and class Relatively Speaking How the Other Half Loves and Family Circles Afterword

4 Documents

John Arden Edward Bond Harold Pinter

Afterword

John Arden by Bill McDonnell Edward Bond Harold Pinter Alan Ayckbourn

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