Twenty-First Century Anxieties: Dys/Utopian Spaces and Contexts in Contemporary British Theatre

The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how 21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts dystopian and utopian elements to create innovative strategies for addressing current social and political concerns. In the case studies, a key role is given to the ways in which the sele...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Tönnies, Merle (HerausgeberIn), Voigts, Eckart 1964- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary Drama in English Studies 32
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758252
Zusammenfassung:The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how 21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts dystopian and utopian elements to create innovative strategies for addressing current social and political concerns. In the case studies, a key role is given to the ways in which the selected plays use real and fictional spaces on stage and thereby manage to construct interactional spaces which the spectators are invited to share
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (VI, 254 Seiten)
ISBN:9783110758252
9783110758368
DOI:10.1515/9783110758252