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Dr Helen Iball - Sarah Kane's Blasted (Modern Theatre Guides) - 9780826492036 - V9780826492036
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Sarah Kane's Blasted (Modern Theatre Guides)

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Description for Sarah Kane's Blasted (Modern Theatre Guides) Paperback. Series: Modern Theatre Guides. 144 pages, illustrations. "Blasted" has been labelled as one of the landmark plays of post-war British theatre. This guide provides a critical introduction to "Blasted", giving students an overview of the play's significance, a brief biography of Sarah Kane and a guide to socio-political background; and, an analysis of the play's structure, style and characters. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight: 154.
"Blasted" has been labelled as one of the landmark plays of post-war British theatre, achieving its iconic status and, indeed, its notoriety, very quickly. Sarah Kane's suicide in 1999 consolidated a process of singling-out that had begun four years earlier with the 'national outrage' initiated by the media's scandalised response to the premiere of "Blasted". The brutal content of the play resulted in much-quoted hostility from the critics. Academic attention to the play has begun a process of re-evaluation, debating the production and reception of the play and key issues including its status as a classic example of 'in-yer-face' drama.This ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826492036
SKU
V9780826492036
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About Dr Helen Iball
Helen Iball is Lecturer in Theatre at the Workshop Theatre, School of English, University of Leeds, UK.

Reviews for Sarah Kane's Blasted (Modern Theatre Guides)
"An informative and vital exploration of Kane's play, its various contexts and wider theatrical possibilities. Helen Iball's characteristically smart and engaging analysis draws together different forms of knowledge of Blasted, and invites its reassessment as part of the properly and intrinsically revolutionary process that constitutes morally re-evaluative theatre practice." - Professor David Ian Rabey, Drama and Theatre Studies, Aberystwyth University, ... Read more

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