6 x 9. 248 pgs. 11 photographs. (1995) Paper 978-0-472-08408-1 $25.95S  Available Add to Cart Search this Book's Content About the Book Praise Look Inside Series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance Subjects Literary Studies--British and Irish Literatures / Literary Studies--Literary Criticism and Theory / Theater and Performance

After Brecht
British Epic Theater

Janelle G. Reinelt



How contemporary British political theater has evolved and expanded from the legacy of Bertolt Brecht

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Contents

Introduction     1
Chapter 1: Howard Brenton: Gestus in Public Spaces     17
Chapter 2: Edward Bond: Parables for Our Times     49
Chapter 3: Caryl Churchill: Socialist Feminism and Brechtian Dramaturgy     81
Chapter 4: David Hare: Social Gestus in Private Scenes     109
Chapter 5: Trevor Griffiths: Counterpoint to a Brechtian Aesthetic     143
Chapter 6: John McGrath: Brecht and the Popular Tradition     177
Conclusion     207
Notes     211
Index     233