The Contemporary History Play

Author : Benjamin Poore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350169654

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The Contemporary History Play by Benjamin Poore Pdf

Something exciting is happening with the contemporary history play. New writing by playwrights such as Jackie Sibblies Drury, Samuel Adamson, Hannah Khalil, Cordelia Lynn, and Lucy Kirkwood, makes powerful theatrical use of the past, but does not fit into critics' familiar categories of historical drama. In this book, Benjamin Poore provides readers with tools to name and critically analyse these changes. The Contemporary History Play contends that many history plays are becoming more complex and layered in their aesthetic approaches, as playwrights work through the experience of being surrounded by numerous and varied forms of historical representation in the twenty-first century. For theatre scholars, this book offers a means of interpreting how new writing relies on the past and notions of historicity to generate meaning and resonance in the present. For playwrights and students of playwriting, the book is a guide to the history play's recent past, and to the state of the art: what techniques and formulas have been popular, the tropes that are widely used, and how artists have found ways of renewing or overturning established conventions.

Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521775396

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays by Michael Hattaway Pdf

Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.

Author : Benjamin Poore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350169630

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The Contemporary History Play by Benjamin Poore Pdf

Something exciting is happening with the contemporary history play. New writing by playwrights such as Jackie Sibblies Drury, Samuel Adamson, Hannah Khalil, Cordelia Lynn, and Lucy Kirkwood, makes powerful theatrical use of the past, but does not fit into critics' familiar categories of historical drama. In this book, Benjamin Poore provides readers with tools to name and critically analyse these changes. The Contemporary History Play contends that many history plays are becoming more complex and layered in their aesthetic approaches, as playwrights work through the experience of being surrounded by numerous and varied forms of historical representation in the twenty-first century. For theatre scholars, this book offers a means of interpreting how new writing relies on the past and notions of historicity to generate meaning and resonance in the present. For playwrights and students of playwriting, the book is a guide to the history play's recent past, and to the state of the art: what techniques and formulas have been popular, the tropes that are widely used, and how artists have found ways of renewing or overturning established conventions.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082147102

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The Life of King Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Ivan Jablonka
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501710773

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History Is a Contemporary Literature by Ivan Jablonka Pdf

Ivan Jablonka’s History Is a Contemporary Literature offers highly innovative perspectives on the writing of history, the relationship between literature and the social sciences, and the way that both social-scientific inquiry and literary explorations contribute to our understanding of the world. Jablonka argues that the act and art of writing, far from being an afterthought in the social sciences, should play a vital role in the production of knowledge in all stages of the researcher’s work and embody or even constitute the understanding obtained. History (along with sociology and anthropology) can, he contends, achieve both greater rigor and wider audiences by creating a literary experience through a broad spectrum of narrative modes. Challenging scholars to adopt investigative, testimonial, and other experimental writing techniques as a way of creating and sharing knowledge, Jablonka envisions a social science literature that will inspire readers to become actively engaged in understanding their own pasts and to relate their histories to the present day. Lamenting the specialization that has isolated the academy from the rest of society, History Is a Contemporary Literature aims to bring imagination and audacity into the practice of scholarship, drawing on the techniques of literature to strengthen the methods of the social sciences.

Author : Richard H. Palmer
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313304972

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The Contemporary British History Play by Richard H. Palmer Pdf

British drama since 1956 has been particularly innovative. This volume investigates how recent British history plays reflect the methods and values of New History, in contrast to traditional biographical dramas that depict the lives of great men of the past. More than 50 British playwrights are discussed, including John Osborne, John Arden, Edward Bond, Robert Bolt, Pam Gems, Howard Brenton, Caryl Churchill, Howard Barker, and Peter Shaffer. Historical drama consistently displays the sense of history prevalent when it was written: a 17th century quest for precedent and analogy; the affirmation of cosmic order in the 18th century; the Romantic search for manifestations of spiritual purpose; in Victorian times, a demonstration that humans control events; and the early 20th century promise, emulating science, to present the facts objectively. Contemporary British history plays, however, demonstrate different agendas for history itself. Marxist plays illustrate a historical dialect leading to the emergence of Communism. Oppositional history takes the point of view of the disenfranchised, the defeated, or the oppressed. Social histories refocus attention away from movers and shakers onto groups of small players. Feminist historians expose the biases of a male dominated hegemony and confront the role of gender in history. Deconstructionists debunk our confidence in historical metanarratives. Postmodernism uses anachronism and stylistic eclecticism to emphasize parallels in different historical periods or to relate historically defined metaphors and rituals to modern experience. Both playwrights and critics confront the implications of the idea that history is constructed and not simply found, and new approaches to history demand innovations in the staging and structuring of plays.

Author : Tom Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013558188

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Historical Plays by Tom Taylor Pdf

Author : Joe L. Frost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135251666

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A History of Children's Play and Play Environments by Joe L. Frost Pdf

Children’s play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have become increasingly inactive, abandoning traditional outdoor play for sedentary, indoor cyber play and poor diets. The consequences of play deprivation, the elimination and diminution of recess, and the abandonment of outdoor play are fundamental issues in a growing crisis that threatens the health, development, and welfare of children. This valuable book traces the history of children’s play and play environments from their roots in ancient Greece and Rome to the present time in the high stakes testing environment. Through this exploration, scholar Dr. Joe Frost shows how this history informs where we are today and why we need to re-establish play as a priority. Ultimately, the author proposes active solutions to play deprivation. This book is a must-read for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of early childhood education and child development.

Author : Lilian Winstanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCD:31175002682758

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Macbeth, King Lear & Contemporary History by Lilian Winstanley Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082528574

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King Richard II by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Balázs Majtényi,György Majtényi
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789633861462

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A Contemporary History of Exclusion by Balázs Majtényi,György Majtényi Pdf

The volume presents the changing situation of the Roma in the second half of the 20th century and examines the politics of the Hungarian state regarding minorities by analyzing legal regulations, policy documents, archival sources and sociological surveys. In the first phase analyzed (1945-61), the authors show the efforts of forced assimilation by the communist state. The second phase (1961-89) began with the party resolution denying nationality status to the Roma. Gypsy culture was equivalent with culture of poverty that must be eliminated. Forced assimilation through labor activities continued. The Roma adapted to new conditions and yet kept their distinct identity. From the 1970s, Roma intellectuals began an emancipatory movement, and its legacy is felt until this day. Although the third phase (1989-2010) brought about freedoms and rights for the Roma, with large sums spent on various Roma-related programs, the situation on the ground nevertheless did not improve. Segregation and marginalization continues, and it is rampant. The authors powerfully conclude: while Roma became part of the political community, they are still not part of the national one. Subjects: Romanies—Hungary. Romanies—Hungary—Social conditions. Marginality, Social—Hungary. Romanies—Legal status, laws, etc.—Hungary. Minorities—Government policy—Hungary. Hungary—Ethnic relations. Hungary—Social policy.

Author : Sarah Grochala
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472588487

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The Contemporary Political Play by Sarah Grochala Pdf

What does it mean for a play to be political in the 21st century? Does it require explicit engagement with events and situations with the aim of bringing about change or highlighting social wrongs? Is it purely a matter of content or is it also a matter of structure? The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure examines the politics of contemporary 'political' drama. It traces the origins of the contemporary British political play to the emergence of the idea of 'serious drama' in the late 19th century through the work of Bernard Shaw, and argues that a Shavian version of serious drama was inextricably linked to the social and political structures of British society at the time. While political drama is still often thought of as adhering to a Shavian model in which social issues are presented through a dialectical structure, Grochala argues that the different political structures of contemporary Britain give rise to formally inventive dramaturgies that are no less 'serious' or political than their Shavian forebears. Through analysing the experimental dramaturgies of contemporary plays by playwrights including Caryl Churchill, Simon Stephens, Anthony Neilson, debbie tucker green and Mark Ravenhill, among others, it offers a set of new principles for understanding how a play functions politically and reveals how today the dramaturgical structure of a play is as political as its content.

Author : Isabel Karremann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107117587

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The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare's History Plays by Isabel Karremann Pdf

This book sheds new light on the dramatic devices Shakespeare developed for turning history into theatre in his history plays.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118840623

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Current History and Forum ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vivian Sobchack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135205614

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The Persistence of History by Vivian Sobchack Pdf

The Persistence of History examines how the moving image has completely altered traditional modes of historical thought and representation. Exploring a range of film and video texts, from The Ten Commandments to the Rodney King video, from the projected work of documentarian Errol Morris to Oliver Stone's JFK and Spielberg's Schindler's List, the volume questions the appropriate forms of media for making the incoherence and fragmentation of contemporary history intelligible.