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Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More Information Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index 7:84 Theatre Company xiv, 59, 69, model of interventionist strategy 109, 112, 115–19, 127, 128 24, 44–61 modest claims for effectiveness 5 agit-prop 14–15, 96, 103, 113–24 name linked with Arnold Wesker Albee,Edward 44–5 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Non-StopConnolly Show, The xv, Woolf?xi 45, 57 Aldwych Theatre,London xi realist not naturalist 17 Alfreds,Mike 161 Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance xi, 5, Alvarez,A. 51 27, 40, 44, 45, 46–61 Anderson,Lindsay xi, 51 similarity with Howard Barker 85 Arden,John theatrical style 44–5 Armstrong’s Last Goodnight xii Workhouse Donkey, The xii, 53 Ars Longa, Vita Brevis 45 work performed by 7:84 112 Ballygombeen Bequest, The xiv, 45, Aristotle xviii, 1, 15, 19, 157 113 Arts Council xvii, 119 ‘Brecht and the British’ 61 Arts Theatre,London x collaboration with Margaretta Ashdown,Paddy 177 D’Arcy 45 Austen,Jane 156 compared with Trevor Griffiths 74 Ayckbourn,Alan dispute with Royal Shakespeare Relatively Speaking xiii Company 44 Happy Haven, The xi Barbican Theatre,London xvii Hero Rises Up, The xiii Barker,Howard influence of Brecht 44–5 Alpha Alpha xiv Island of the Mighty, The xiv, 44 Arguments for a Theatre 83 late experience of theatre practice Bite of the Night, The xviii 97 career and theatrical style 83 liberal pacifism of 4 Claw xvi, 85 little interest in psychology 99 directs own work 128 Live Like Pigs xi, 27, 52 Hang of the Gaol, The xvi Marxist conviction 4, 55, 60 No End of Blame xvii 223 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index Barker,Howard ( cont.) Early Morning xiii, 153 not accessible to wider public 21 embraces post-modernism 177 Stripwell xvi, 83–4, 86, 87–93, 176 Fool, The xvi ‘triumph of defeat’ 177 Lear xiv, 96, 140–53 (Uncle) Vanya 85 misrepresented by Ronald Hayman Barnes,Peter 5 48 Ruling Class, The xiii Narrow Road to the DeepNorth Beatles,The xi, 11 xiii, 153 Beatty,Warren 67 not accessible to wider public 21 Beckett,Samuel 7, 22, 23, 41, 89, 152 not university graduate 4 Catastrophe xvii Passion 147 Endgame x Pope’s Wedding, The xi Waiting for Godot x, 22, 158 Saved xii, 40, 84, 145–6, 153 Behan,Brendan Sea, The xv Quare Fellow, The x War Plays xviii Behn,Aphra 155 Woman, The xvi Belgrade Theatre,Coventry 41 Worlds, The xvii Belt and Braces Theatre Company 14, Boon,Richard 96, 100, 103 112, 127 Bottomley,Gordon Berger,John 17, 21 King Lear’s Wife 141 Berkoff,Steven Bradford University Drama East 167 Group 97 West 167 Braveheart 123 Berliner Ensemble x, 44 Brecht,Bertolt Berlin Wall xi,xviii Baal 59 Bicat,Tony xiii Caucasian Chalk Circle, The x, Bicker,Doreen (‘Dusty’) 35 125 Bigsby,Christopher 42 championing of Freundlichkeit 61 Bill, The 68 collective not individual concerns Billington,Michael 17 162 Blond,Neville x criticized by John Peter 22–3 Boal,Augusto 178 critique of naturalism 16 Bogdanov,Michael 94 critique of socialist realism 14 Bolt,Robert 5 death of x State of Revolution xvi debate with Lukacs´ 19–21 Bond,Edward demonstrational acting 116, 173 The Activists Papers 139 dialectic theatre 137, 161 ‘aggro-effects’ 95 distanciation (Verfremdung) 18, and CND 147 100, 147 Bingo xv function of scenery 46 Bundle, The xvi function of songs 50 career and theatrical style function of theatre 173 138–41 Galileo 47, 100, 151 224 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index Gestus 53, 101 England’s Ireland xiv Good Person of Szechwan, The 23, Fart for Europe, A xv, 14 49 Gum and Goo 97 influence denied by Howard Greenland xviii Brenton 100 Hitler Dances xiv influence on Edward Bond Lay-By xiv, 66, 95 143–5 Magnificence xv, 100 influence on David Hare 127, 132, power of theatre 86 137 Pravda xviii, 99, 126 influence on John Arden 44–5, 48, Romans in Britain, The xvii, 94–5 49 Scott of the Antarctic xiv influence on John McGrath 118 Weapons of Happiness xvi, 99, 100, insists on historical context 151 149 Lehrstucke¨ 144 witnessed student unrest in Paris Man Equals Man 164 13 model of political playwriting 1 Brighton Combination,The 97 modernist and interventionist 18 British Broadcasting Corporation Mother Courage x, 44, 47, 49, 144, (BBC) 110, 111, 159 147, 151 Bronte,Charlotte¨ 156 opposition between dramatic and Brook,Peter x,xi,xii,xiv, 29 epic 15 Buchner,Georg¨ 52 portrayal of violence 146–7 Bull,John 6, 71, 74, 94, 126, 131 prejudice against 29 Bulman,James C. 150 proposals for clowns in tragedy 58 Bunyan,John 52 questionable influence on Caryl Burgess,John 50 Churchill 165 Bush,George xviii rejection of anarchy 58–9 Bygraves,Max 78 Roundheads and Peakheads 140 Byrne,John 121 social emphases of his theatre 3–4 Calder,Angus 102 Threepenny Opera, The 147 Callaghan,James xvi use of history 47–8 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament vague sense of real world in plays (CND) x,xvii, 28, 147 40 capitalism 12, 13, 14, 57, 58, 65, 66, Brenton,Howard 74, 109, 116, 125 and agit-prop 14 opposed to socialism 14, 31, 65 Brassneck xv Carter,Jimmy xvi Cambridge graduate 125 Cartoon Archetypal Slogan Theatre career and theatrical style 94–8 (CAST) xii, 14 Christie in Love xiii, 77, 95, 98 Casualty 68 Churchill Play, The xv, 96–105 censorship xiii, 13 Deeds 66 Centre 42 xi, 28, 31–2 discussed by John Bull 6 Chambers,Colin 117, 118 225 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index Chekhov,Anton 42, 104 Covington,Julie 99 Seagull, The 16 Coward,Noel 27 Uncle Vanya 85 Craig,Sandy 85 Chile xiv,xv, 13 Croce,Benedetto 16–17 Christie,Reginald xiii, 77, 95, 96 Cuba xi, 13, 176 Churchill,Caryl Czechoslovakia xiii,xvi,xviii, career and theatrical style 157–74 12, 13 Cloud Nine xvii, 161–74, 176 collaboration with actors 128–9 Daniels,Sarah Fen xvii, 160, 162 Masterpieces xvii Icecream xviii D’Arcy,Margaretta 45 Legion Hall Bombing, The 159 Ars Longa, Vita Brevis 45 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Ballygombeen Bequest, The xiv, 45, xvi, 161, 163, 165, 173, 174 113 Objections to Sex and Violence xvi Island of the Mighty, The xiv only woman playwright discussed Non-StopConnolly Show, The xv, 7 45, 57 Owners 162 Delaney,Shelagh politicization of 4 Taste of Honey, A xi Serious Money xviii, 162, 167 Devine,George x,xii Softcops xviii Dexter,John xi, 41–2, 69, 70 TopGirls xvii, 159, 160, 167 Dixon of Dock Green 68, 110 Traps 160–1, 173 Douglas-Home,Alec xii Vinegar Tom xvi, 159, 160, Duchamp,Marcel 15 162, 165 Duncan,Ronald x vision of ideal society 3–4 Durrenmatt,Friedrich¨ 160 Churchill,Winston x,xv, 96–9, 101–2, 104 Eagleton,Terry 17 cinema,see film EastEnders 43, 123 Citizens’ Theatre,Glasgow xii Eden,Anthony x Clare,John 52 Edgar,David Clause 28 xviii considers popular culture Cohn,Ruby 158 reactionary 113 Common Market,European (EEC) x, critique of socialist theatre xv, 14 workers 23 Communism xviii, 1, 4, 13, 42, 43, Destiny xvi 65, 67, 95, 175 Dick Deterred xv, 14 Communist Party 69, 130, 131, 132, discussed by John Bull 7 133–4, 135, 136 England’s Ireland xiv Conservative Party x,xi,xii,xiii,xv, Entertaining Strangers xviii xvii, xviii, 12, 13, 102, 103, 104, Fart for Europe, A xv, 14 175, 176 Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, The Coronation Street 178 xvii 226 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index Maydays xvii Griffiths,Trevor National Interest, The xiv Bill Brand 67, 68, 71 Nicholas Nickleby xvii career and theatrical style 65–75 on television 2, 68 Comedians xvi, 65, 71, 75–82, 176 political playwright 5 Deeds 66 Tedderella xiv discussed by John Bull 6 use of projections 74 Gulf Between Us, The 74 Wreckers xvi inheritor of Wesker’s realist style Edinburgh Festival 113 43 Eliot,George (Mary Anne Evans) Lay-By xiv, 66, 95 156 Marxist conviction 4 Eliot,Thomas Stearns 167 Occupations xiv, 66, 69–70, 72, Emergency Ward 10 68 73–4, 76 English Stage Company,London x Oi! for England 66, 72, 74 Escher,Maurits 160 Party, The xv, 66, 67, 69, 70–1, 72, Everyman Theatre,Liverpool 111 73, 74, 76 Expressionism 20 realist writer 17 Eyre,Richard 75 Reds 67 Sam, Sam 71, 74 Falklands,The xvii, 28 Thermidor 66 feminism xiv,xv, 154–5, 157–9, 162, Through the Night 67, 68 176 work performed by 7:84 112 film 2, 3, 67, 111, 126 Grock 80 Finlay,Frank 70 Fleisser,Marieluise 156 Hall,Peter xi,xiii,xv Ford,Gerald xv Hamilton,Robert 129 Hampstead Theatre Club,London Gaskill,William xi, 129, 131, 144–5, 110 151, 152 Hanna,Gillian 157, 173 Gay Liberation Front xiv Hare,David Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company admits playwright’s experience xvi limited 66 General Will xiv career and theatrical style 125–9 Gibson,Mel 123 Deeds 66 Glaspell,Susan 156 denies exerting major influence 4, Goodbody,Buzz 69 175 Gorbachev,Mikhail xviii discussed by John Bull 6 Gorky,Maxim England’s Ireland xiv Lower Depths, The 110 Fanshen xvi, 125, 161 Gramsci,Antonio 69, 73, 113 founds Portable Theatre xiii Gray,Frances 50, 158, 171 Great Exhibition, The 125, 137 Gregory,Lady Isabella Augusta Knuckle xv, 125 156 Lay-By xiv, 66, 95 227 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521258553 - Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights Michael Patterson Index More information Index Hare,David ( cont.) Ionesco,Eug ene` Licking Hitler 126 Bald Prima Donna, The x Mapof the World, A xvii, 71, 126 Iran xvii,xviii Plenty xvii, 126–7 Iraq xvii,xviii Pravda xviii, 99, 126 Itzin,Catherine 6, 92 produces Griffiths’s The Party 69 revolution linked to affluence 177 Jameson,Fredric 20 Saigon: Year of the Cat 126 Jewel,Jimmy 75 Secret Rapture xviii Johnson,Lyndon B.
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