Carleton Stephen (University Of Queensland Australia)
Carleton Stephen (University Of Queensland Australia) - Contemporary Australian Playwriting Re - Visioning The Nation On The Mainstage - Paperback
Carleton Stephen (University Of Queensland Australia) - Contemporary Australian Playwriting Re - Visioning The Nation On The Mainstage - Paperback
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Description: Contemporary Australian Playwriting provides a thorough and accessible overview of the diverse and exciting new directions that Australian Playwriting is taking in the twenty - first century. In 2007, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was William Shakespeare. In 2019, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was Nakkiah Lui a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman. This book explores what has happened both on stage and off to generate this remarkable change. As writers of colour queer writers and gender diverse writers are produced on the mainstage in larger numbers they bring new critical directions to the twenty - first century Australian stage. At a politically turbulent time when national identity is fractured this book examines the ways in which Australia's leading playwrights have interrogated problematised and tried to make sense of the nation. Tracing contemporary trends the book takes a thematic approach to the re - evaluation of the nation that is dramatized in key Australian plays. Each chapter is accompanied by a duologue between two of the playwrights whose work has been analysed to provide a dual perspective of theory and practice.
Title: Contemporary Australian Playwriting Re - Visioning The Nation On The Mainstage
Author(s): Carleton Stephen (University Of Queensland Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032008615
Pages: 288 Pages, 7 Halftones, Black And White; 7 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/29/2022
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
Description: Contemporary Australian Playwriting provides a thorough and accessible overview of the diverse and exciting new directions that Australian Playwriting is taking in the twenty - first century. In 2007, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was William Shakespeare. In 2019, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was Nakkiah Lui a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman. This book explores what has happened both on stage and off to generate this remarkable change. As writers of colour queer writers and gender diverse writers are produced on the mainstage in larger numbers they bring new critical directions to the twenty - first century Australian stage. At a politically turbulent time when national identity is fractured this book examines the ways in which Australia's leading playwrights have interrogated problematised and tried to make sense of the nation. Tracing contemporary trends the book takes a thematic approach to the re - evaluation of the nation that is dramatized in key Australian plays. Each chapter is accompanied by a duologue between two of the playwrights whose work has been analysed to provide a dual perspective of theory and practice.
Title: Contemporary Australian Playwriting Re - Visioning The Nation On The Mainstage
Author(s): Carleton Stephen (University Of Queensland Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032008615
Pages: 288 Pages, 7 Halftones, Black And White; 7 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/29/2022
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
