The Politics of Alternative Theatre in Britain, 1968-1990: The Case of 7:84 (Scotland)

by Maria DiCenzo

Overview

This is the first book to examine one of the most influential modern theater companies, 7:84 (Scotland), under the directorship of John McGrath. DiCenzo explores not only the development of this company but also the growth of popular theater in general within the past twenty years. DiCenzo also offers a new methodology for analyzing records and materials found in theater company archives. With valuable primary source material and informative production photographs and company posters, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern British theater and social history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521034913
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/14/2006
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Foreword John McGrath; Acknowledgements; Part I. Methodology and Context: 1. Introduction; producing theatre histories; 2. Creating a context: alternative theatre in the seventies and eighties; Part II. A Case Study of 7:84 (Scotland): 3. Anatomy of a popular political theatre company; 4. Making socialist theatre: the theory; 5. From theory to practice: the plays; Afterword; Appendix: 7:84 (Scotland) productions, 1973–1988; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...a clearly written and very valuable introduction to a style of radical theatre which still has a lot to teach. ...Maria DiCenzo's welcome study may then be seen as an especially timely reminder of the power of theatre ti inject subversive vitality into the heart of the body politic." Baz Kershaw, Letters in Canada

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