Ethical Speculations in Contemporary British Theatre

by M. Aragay (Editor), E. Monforte (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137297570
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	02/20/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	428 KB

About the Author

Vicky Angelaki, University of Birmingham, UK Mireia Aragay, University of Barcelona, Spain Clara Escoda, University of Barcelona, Spain Martin Middeke, University of Augsburg, Germany Enric Monforte, University of Barcelona, Spain Dan Rebellato, University of London, UK Graham Saunders, University of Reading, UK Christiane Schlote, University of Zürich, Switzerland Hanna Scolnicov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Aleks Sierz, Rose Bruford College, UK Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK Clare Wallace, Charles University, Czech Republic

Table of Contents

Foreword; Aleks Sierz 1. To Begin to Speculate: Theatre Studies, Ethics and Spectatorship; Mireia Aragay PART I: (POST-)HOLOCAUST REPRESENTATIONS  2. Violence, Testimony and Ethics in Martin Crimp's The Country and The City; Clara Escoda 3. Bearing Witness and Ethical Responsibility in Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes; Hanna Scolnicov 4. How to Mourn: Kane, Pinter and Theatre as Monument to Loss in the 1990s; Mark Taylor-Batty PART II: THEORETICAL SPECULATIONS 5. Two: Duologues and the Differend; Dan Rebellato 6. The Undecidable and the Event: Ethics of Unrest in Martin Crimp's Attempts on Her Life and Debbie Tucker Green's Truth and Reconciliation; Martin Middeke PART III: SPECTATORIAL ETHICS 7. Playing with Proximity: Precarious Ethics on Stage in the New Millennium; Clare Wallace 8. Witness or Accomplice? Unsafe Spectatorship in the Work of Anthony Neilson and Simon Stephens; Vicky Angelaki 9. Witnessing, Sexualized Spectatorship and the (De)construction of Queer Identities in Mother Clap's Molly House, The Pride and Cock; Enric Monforte PART IV: ETHICS AND INSTITUTIONS 10. From Front Page to Front Stage: War Correspondents and Media Ethics in British Theatre; Christiane Schlote 11. Kicking Tots and Revolutionary Trots: The English Stage Company Young People's Theatre Scheme 1969-70; Graham Saunders Notes Index

Editorial Reviews

'This is a timely and vital contribution to the growing body of scholarship on contemporary theatre and ethics. With its wide coverage of plays and performances, and incisive analysis of key discourses on witnessing, responsibility, precarity, violence and intimacy, this is a landmark collection that brings ethics and drama into urgent correspondence.' - Chris Megson, Royal Holloway University of London

'Mireia Aragay and Enric Monforte's Ethical Speculations in Contemporary British Theatre is a welcome addition to this growing body of work which represents an 'ethical turn' in the field of theatre studies.' - Studies in Theatre and Performance

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