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Of the many dynamic, young playwrights to be associated with the “In-Yer-Face” burst of creative talent on the British stage in the mid–1990s, Joe Penhall
Blue/Orange
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In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary t
Madness in Contemporary British Theatre
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This book considers the representation of madness in contemporary British theatre, examining the rich relationship between performance and mental health, and qu
Towards a Poetics of the Mental Health Play
Language: en
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This study traces key developments in theatre’s engagement with mental health since the 1970s. It introduces and applies the concept of the ‘mental health p
After In-Yer-Face Theatre
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This book revisits In-Yer-Face theatre, an explosive, energetic theatrical movement from the 1990s that introduced the world to playwrights Sarah Kane, Martin M