A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s
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Methuen Drama Engage;
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Date of Publication: 17 November 2022
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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| ISBN13: | 9781350211957 |
| ISBN10: | 1350211958 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 240 pages |
| Size: | 216x138 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 563 |
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Long description:
The first of its kind, this companion to British-Jewish theatre brings a neglected dimension in the work of many prominent British theatre-makers to the fore.
Its structure reflects the historical development of British-Jewish theatre from the 1950s onwards, beginning with an analysis of the first generation of writers that now forms the core of post-war British drama (including Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter and Arnold Wesker) and moving on to significant thematic force-fields and faultlines such as the Holocaust, antisemitism and Israel/Palestine. The book also covers the new generation of British-Jewish playwrights, with a special emphasis on the contribution of women writers and the role of particular theatres in the development of British-Jewish theatre, as well as TV drama.
Included in the book are fascinating interviews with a set of significant theatre practitioners working today, including Ryan Craig, Patrick Marber, John Nathan, Julia Pascal and Nicholas Hytner. The companion addresses, not only aesthetic and ideological concerns, but also recent transformations with regard to institutional contexts and frameworks of cultural policies.
Its structure reflects the historical development of British-Jewish theatre from the 1950s onwards, beginning with an analysis of the first generation of writers that now forms the core of post-war British drama (including Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter and Arnold Wesker) and moving on to significant thematic force-fields and faultlines such as the Holocaust, antisemitism and Israel/Palestine. The book also covers the new generation of British-Jewish playwrights, with a special emphasis on the contribution of women writers and the role of particular theatres in the development of British-Jewish theatre, as well as TV drama.
Included in the book are fascinating interviews with a set of significant theatre practitioners working today, including Ryan Craig, Patrick Marber, John Nathan, Julia Pascal and Nicholas Hytner. The companion addresses, not only aesthetic and ideological concerns, but also recent transformations with regard to institutional contexts and frameworks of cultural policies.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1 Invisible Otherness: British-Jewish Theatre since the 1950s
Eckart Voigts, TU Braunschweig, Germany and Jeanette R. Malkin, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Part One
The Post-War East-End Scene: Pinter, Wesker, Berkoff, Kops
2 The Theatre of Arnold Wesker: Didactic, Utopian, Biblical
Peter Lawson, Open University, London, UK
3 Re-staging the Jewish East End: Steven Berkoff and Bernard Kops
Jeremy Solomons, University of Reading, UK
4 The Theatre of Harold Pinter: Staging Indefinable and Divided 'Jewishness'
Peter Lawson
5 'A Jew who Writes': The Shadow of the Holocaust in Harold Pinter's Work
Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK
Part Two
Force Fields and Faultlines: The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
6 Holocaust Commemoration in Contemporary British Theatre: Eva Hoffman's Play, The Ceremony
Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University, Chicago. USA
7 Dramatic Responses to the Resurgence of Antisemitism: on Trial - the Blood Libel. Arnold Wesker and Steven Berkoff
Axel Stähler, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
8 Representing the Israel/Palestine Conflict in Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre
Mike Witcombe,University of Bath, UK
Part Three
Contemporary British-Jewish Playwrights and Theatres in Britain: Continuities and Departures
9 'Affiliation and Belonging': Contemporary British-Jewish Women Playwrights
Eckart Voigts and Sarah Jane Ablett, TU Braunschweig, Germany
10 Three Ways of Being a Contemporary British-Jewish Playwright: Tom Stoppard, Patrick Marber, Ryan Craig
Jeanette R. Malkin
11 Staging Jewishness in the 21st Century: The Key Venues
Cyrielle Garson, Avignon Université, France
Part Four Television Drama
12 British-Jewish Television Drama: Jack Rosenthal to the Present
Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK
13 'It was f***ing biblical, mate': The Maturity of British Television Drama
Nathan Abrams, University of Bangor, UK
Part Five Interviews with Contemporary British Theatre Artists (from 2017/2018)
14 Nicholas Hytner
15 Julia Pascal
16 Patrick Marber
17 Ryan Craig
18 John Nathan
1 Invisible Otherness: British-Jewish Theatre since the 1950s
Eckart Voigts, TU Braunschweig, Germany and Jeanette R. Malkin, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Part One
The Post-War East-End Scene: Pinter, Wesker, Berkoff, Kops
2 The Theatre of Arnold Wesker: Didactic, Utopian, Biblical
Peter Lawson, Open University, London, UK
3 Re-staging the Jewish East End: Steven Berkoff and Bernard Kops
Jeremy Solomons, University of Reading, UK
4 The Theatre of Harold Pinter: Staging Indefinable and Divided 'Jewishness'
Peter Lawson
5 'A Jew who Writes': The Shadow of the Holocaust in Harold Pinter's Work
Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK
Part Two
Force Fields and Faultlines: The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
6 Holocaust Commemoration in Contemporary British Theatre: Eva Hoffman's Play, The Ceremony
Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University, Chicago. USA
7 Dramatic Responses to the Resurgence of Antisemitism: on Trial - the Blood Libel. Arnold Wesker and Steven Berkoff
Axel Stähler, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
8 Representing the Israel/Palestine Conflict in Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre
Mike Witcombe,University of Bath, UK
Part Three
Contemporary British-Jewish Playwrights and Theatres in Britain: Continuities and Departures
9 'Affiliation and Belonging': Contemporary British-Jewish Women Playwrights
Eckart Voigts and Sarah Jane Ablett, TU Braunschweig, Germany
10 Three Ways of Being a Contemporary British-Jewish Playwright: Tom Stoppard, Patrick Marber, Ryan Craig
Jeanette R. Malkin
11 Staging Jewishness in the 21st Century: The Key Venues
Cyrielle Garson, Avignon Université, France
Part Four Television Drama
12 British-Jewish Television Drama: Jack Rosenthal to the Present
Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK
13 'It was f***ing biblical, mate': The Maturity of British Television Drama
Nathan Abrams, University of Bangor, UK
Part Five Interviews with Contemporary British Theatre Artists (from 2017/2018)
14 Nicholas Hytner
15 Julia Pascal
16 Patrick Marber
17 Ryan Craig
18 John Nathan
