Political Theatre in Post-Thatcher Britain

Political theatre has re-emerged strongly since 1995, to articulate changed issues, alignments and definitions of politics and power in Britain. New work by both young and established dramatists contests the post-Thatcher mood of disengagement, creating exciting debates about the power and responsibility of individuals, defining characteristics and issues of the nation, the interaction of cultural collectives with the nation as a whole, and Britain's relationship with other nations in the world.

Amelia Howe Kritzer is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Politics and Theatre	p. 1
Generational Politics: The In-Yer-Face Plays	p. 27
Sarah Kane's visions of catastrophe	p. 30
Mark Ravenhill's critique of commercialized culture	p. 38
Marginality and conscience	p. 47
Girls and power	p. 52
Marginality and power	p. 58
Summary	p. 62
Intergenerational Dialogue	p. 67
The generational dialogue in recent plays by Caryl Churchill	p. 68
Revising the terms: Racial and ethnic identity in generational context	p. 78
Generational transition and the post-Thatcher working class	p. 96
The transition to marginality in post-Thatcher Britain	p. 109
Rethinking victimization	p. 114
Summary	p. 122
Systems of Power	p. 123
Governmental power	p. 124
The power of the individual	p. 130
Power and collective action	p. 136
The power of belief	p. 141
Knowledge as power	p. 148
Issues for Post-Thatcher Britain	p. 154
Racism	p. 155
Northern Ireland	p. 162
Political leadership	p. 169
Post-Thatcher Britain and Global Politics	p. 186
Conflicts and wars	p. 186
Asylum seekers	p. 199
Terrorism	p. 204
Global business	p. 206
Britons abroad	p. 211
Political Theatre in an Era of Disengagement	p. 218
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 228
Index	p. 233
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Political Theatre in Post-Thatcher Britain New Writing, 1995-2005

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