Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781350140080 |
ISBN10: | 1350140082 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 192 pages |
Size: | 198x129 mm |
Weight: | 318 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 8 bw illus |
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Drama (charity campaign)
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Satire
Series:
Forms of Drama;
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Date of Publication: 12 August 2021
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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Satire reconsiders the entertainment, political dissent and comic social commentary created by innovative writers and directors since this theatrical form took the stage in ancient Athens. From Aristophanes to the 18th-century plays of John Gay and Henry Fielding, to the creations of Joan Littlewood, Bertolt Brecht, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erika Mann, Brendan Behan and Dario Fo, practitioners of theatrical satire have prompted audiences to laugh at corruption, greed, injustice and abusive authority.
In the theatre these artists jested at prominent citizens, scandals and fashions. In retrospect it can be seen that their topical references, allegories and impersonations also promoted intervention in public discourse and events outside the theatre, as satire extended its reach beyond the stage into society.
Satire focuses on three exemplary satiric plays: The Knights by Aristophanes, The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and The Hostage by Brendan Behan under Joan Littlewood's direction. Detailed discussion of these three innovative works reveals both changes and continuities in stage satire over the course of its long, hilarious history. The survey concludes with a discussion of stage satire as an endangered art in need of preservation by actors, directors and theatre historians.
In the theatre these artists jested at prominent citizens, scandals and fashions. In retrospect it can be seen that their topical references, allegories and impersonations also promoted intervention in public discourse and events outside the theatre, as satire extended its reach beyond the stage into society.
Satire focuses on three exemplary satiric plays: The Knights by Aristophanes, The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and The Hostage by Brendan Behan under Joan Littlewood's direction. Detailed discussion of these three innovative works reveals both changes and continuities in stage satire over the course of its long, hilarious history. The survey concludes with a discussion of stage satire as an endangered art in need of preservation by actors, directors and theatre historians.
Table of Contents:
Series Preface
1) Introduction: What Was Satire? Looking Back at an Endangered Art Form
2) Aristophanes and After: Origins and Legacy of Ancient Athenian Satire
3) John Gay and Swiftian Stage Satire in the Long-Eighteenth Century
4) Joan Littlewood's Brendan Behan, and the Making of Modern Satire
5) Conclusion: The Endangered Future of Satire
References
Index
1) Introduction: What Was Satire? Looking Back at an Endangered Art Form
2) Aristophanes and After: Origins and Legacy of Ancient Athenian Satire
3) John Gay and Swiftian Stage Satire in the Long-Eighteenth Century
4) Joan Littlewood's Brendan Behan, and the Making of Modern Satire
5) Conclusion: The Endangered Future of Satire
References
Index