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This is a wide-ranging and accessible account of new writing in British theatre during the 2010s, written in a boldly experimental style. A guide to the key plays and playwriting innovations, it enlightens, amuses and provokes in equal measure.
Across 15 chapters, each written in a different form, it takes the reader on an engaging tour of new drama in British theatre from 2010 until the arrival of COVID-19. It considers mega hits such as Fleabag and Matilda the Musical, as well as offering accounts of some 250 plays that premiered in those years. Structured around the big concerns of the decade, it explores social issues, politics, Brexit, dystopias, experimental theatre, family, gender, race, history, adaptations and the West End.
A decade of drama is thrown into sharp relief through the symphony of literary styles and voices that characterize the chapters: from dialogues, monologues, a diary and a listings magazine, to an experimental A to Z, informal notes, quotations from real-life interviews, a documentary script and a memoir. The variety of perspectives mirrors the richness of our contemporary culture and the innovations in theatre that are celebrated in New British Drama in 15 Scenes.
Contents
Introduction
Scene 1: Overview
Scene 2: Social Issue Plays
Scene 3: Political Plays
Scene 4: Brexit Plays
Scene 5: Dystopian Plays
Scene 6: Experiments
Scene 7: Monologues
Scene 8: Plays About Family
Scene 9: Plays About Gender
Scene 10: Plays About Race
Scene 11: Plays About White Privilege
Scene 12: History Plays
Scene 13: Adaptations
Scene 14: Valediction
Scene 15: Conclusion
Book List
Play List
Notes on Sources
Acknowledgements
Index
