Drama + Theory: Critical Approaches to Modern British Drama,Pete

Drama + theoryCritical approaches\nAuthor(s): Peter Buse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Manchester University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Manchester University Press\nISBN-13: 9780719057229, 978-0719057229\nSynopsis\nEnergetically places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays. Each chapter pairs a well-known play from the post-war period with a classic theory text, the theoretical text is not simply applied to the dramatic one: instead, the play and the theoretical text reflect on each other in a mutual illumination. Examples include:\nSo Look Back in Anger is read by and reads Lacans Signification of the Phallus\nPinters The Homecoming is made uncanny with Freud\nStoppards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead finds affinities with Lyotards The Postmodern Condition\nTimberlake Wertenbakers Our Countrys Good agrees and disagrees with Edward Said\nSarah Kanes Blasted thinks .