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Stage Right

Crisis and Recovery in British Contemporary Mainstream Theatre

  • Authors
  • John Bull
Textbook

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xx
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Whither Britain?
      John Bull
      Pages 3-13
    3. The Gamblers’ Den
      John Bull
      Pages 14-36
    4. Private Rooms and Public Spaces
      John Bull
      Pages 37-56
    5. Enter the Smooth Men
      John Bull
      Pages 57-84

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 85-85
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    2. Set in Rooms
      John Bull
      Pages 87-104
    3. Peter Nichols: All my Life in Tudor Manor
      John Bull
      Pages 105-122
    4. Simon Gray: Bloody Finished at Last
      John Bull
      Pages 123-136
    5. Alan Ayckbourn: Very English, Very National
      John Bull
      Pages 137-155
    6. Michael Frayn: Dust and Scaffolding
      John Bull
      Pages 156-177
    7. Alan Bennett: The Leftovers
      John Bull
      Pages 178-191
    8. Tom Stoppard: Open to the Public
      John Bull
      Pages 192-206
    9. Into the Nineties
      John Bull
      Pages 207-219
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 220-251
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About this book

Introduction

Stage Right is a refreshingly abrasive account of the state of British theatre since 1979, offering an account of the development of a new mainstream formed in conscious opposition to the work of the politically committed dramatists of the 70s and an analysis of the plays of the most successful playwrights of the new mainstream: Nichols, Gray, Frayn, Bennett, Ayckbourn and Stoppard.

Keywords

dramatist stage theatre

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