{"product_id":"clive-barker-and-his-legacy-9781350296169","title":"Clive Barker and His Legacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn edited collection of essays exploring the work and legacy of the academic and theatre-maker Clive Barker. Together, the essays trace the development of his work from his early years as an actor with Joan Littlewood''s company, Theatre Workshop, via his career as an academic and teacher, through the publication of his seminal book, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Games\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen Drama). The book looks beyond Barker''s death in 2005 at the enduring influence of his work upon contemporary theatre training and theatre-making.Each writer featured in the collection responds to a specific aspect of Barker''s work, focusing primarily on his early and formative career experiences with Theatre Workshop and his hugely influential development of Theatre Games. The collection as a whole thereby seeks to situate Clive Barker''s work and influence in an international and multi-disciplinary context, by examining not only his origins as an actor, director, teacher and academic, but also the broad influence he has had\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFryer and Jones do a wonderful job of introducing Barker’s legacy, and of following the wanderings of a man who worked in so many areas of theatre … The book is engrossing, accessible, and has something in it for practitioners, academics, and anyone else interested in the formation of the alternative theatre scenes in the 1960s and 1970s. Clive Barker’s legacy is a strong one indeed. * Stanislavski Studies *\u003cbr\u003eClive Barker ... made an exceptional contribution to British theatre studies and its international standing. No one else of his generation travelled the extraordinary distance from a conventional stage management course to become a world leader in actor training workshops, as well as an editor and scholar of distinction. He was a pioneer in bridging the uneasy divide between professional theatre and its serious study in British universities ... His book, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Games\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), was enormously influential for theatre practitioners and teachers in many countries. Its freshness of thought and imaginative instruction was presented in a highly accessible form, astutely combining practical advice, a digest of games, and stimulating theories. The success of \u003ci\u003eTheatre Games\u003c\/i\u003e was built on the best of radical foundations ... For almost two decades following \u003ci\u003eTheatre Games\u003c\/i\u003e, [Barker] worked on the international theatre workshop circuit, at the highest levels. Participants in these workshops, numbering many thousands, were treated to a method that was brilliantly inventive in its lack of presumption and ever-present humour. In this, Barker had the touch of an outstanding creative innovator. -- Baz Kershaw * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA massive contribution to the art of theatre ... Dazzlingly astute and a thrilling read. * The Stage (on 'Theatre Games') *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotes on contributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Clive’s Legacy - \u003c\/b\u003eNesta Jones and Paul Fryer \u003cb\u003e2 Clive Barker: A Biographical Memory - \u003c\/b\u003eSimon Trussler \u003cb\u003e3 Clive Barker: My Einstein - \u003c\/b\u003eMurray Melvin \u003cb\u003e4 Clive Barker and Alternative Theatre - \u003c\/b\u003eSusan Croft \u003cb\u003e5 Clive Barker, Tribal Scribe - \u003c\/b\u003eNadine Holdsworth \u003cb\u003e6 ‘A New Team’: Clive Barker and Shelagh Delaney’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lion in Love\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003eAleks Sierz \u003cb\u003e7 Theatre Gains: Remembering Clive - \u003c\/b\u003eCeri Pitches \u003cb\u003e8 Clive Barker and Movement - \u003c\/b\u003eDick McCaw \u003cb\u003e9 On Supplanting Oligarchy: Clive Barker’s Defiant A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enti-Authoritarianism - \u003c\/b\u003eChris Baldwin \u003cb\u003e10 Hacking the Archives: the 2012 Olympic Legacy, Fun \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePalaces and Game Theatre - \u003c\/b\u003eJoseph Dunne-Howrie \u003cb\u003e11 An Evening with Clive Barker: an Edited Transcript of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea Unique Event - \u003c\/b\u003eedited by Paul Fryer \u003cb\u003e12 Nine Lives and Counting - \u003c\/b\u003eChrissie Poulter  \u003cb\u003eAppendix I: \u003c\/b\u003eAuthorial bibliography and professional credits compiled by Nesta Jones \u003cb\u003eAppendix II: \u003c\/b\u003eTeaching and training compiled by Nesta Jones \u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039334728023,"sku":"9781350296169","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350296169.jpg?v=1750943361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clive-barker-and-his-legacy-9781350296169","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}