{"product_id":"crisis-the-theatre-responds-9781914228742","title":"CRISIS: The Theatre Responds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe live in times of crisis. How has the theatre responded? Has the theatre lived up to its essential purpose: to “hold up the mirror” to our turbulent times?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book will look at the courageous responses from dozens of playwrights over the past hundred years, writing about urgent issues – from World War II to communism, apartheid, the AIDs epidemic, gay hate crime, urban race riots, conflict in the Middle East, Africa, and Afghanistan, systemic racism, immigrant identity, the refugee crisis, authoritarianism, failing educational systems, environmental peril, and, most recently, the pandemic. These dedicated writers (from four continents) and the theatres who support them have taken huge risks to heighten our awareness to the urgent issues of our times. This book will acknowledge the exciting new dramatic forms they have created, their heroic efforts, and the changes that they have provoked and continue to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCRISIS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003econtains discussion of the following plays:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisgraced;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGrounded;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMother Courage and Her Children;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGuantanamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.’;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Niceties;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlack Watch;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn Ordinary Muslim; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Number;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlue Heart;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCloud Nine;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEscaped Alone; Far Away;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerican Moor;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAin’t No Mo; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFairview;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Death of England and Death of England: Delroy; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Knot and Other Plays;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThree Port Elizabeth Plays;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e“Master Harold”… and the boys;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEclipsed;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBeat the Devil: A Covid Monologue; S\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etuff Happens;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSlave Play\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e1984 by George Orwell;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Laramie Project and The Laramie Project:  Ten Years Later;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMosquitos;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Children;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAngels in America; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath of a Salesman;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHamilton: The Revolution; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePipeline; The Jungle;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guys;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Family: A Pandemic Trilogy;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRuined;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePass Over; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFather Comes Home from the Wars, \u003c\/em\u003eParts 1, 2, \u0026amp; 3; \u003cem\u003eThe America Play and Other Works;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTopdog\/Underdog;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhite Noise; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRockets and Blue Lights; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lehman Trilogy; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from the Field; Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 \u003c\/em\u003eand others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter One:\u003c\/strong\u003e Setting the Standard in Response to Crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two:\u003c\/strong\u003e Turn of the Twenty First Century: New Forms for New Crises\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prophet at the Millennium: Caryl Churchill\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Four:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Decade of Conflict (2000-2010): The Theatre Responds\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Five:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Profile in Courage: Belarus Free Theatre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Six:\u003c\/strong\u003e Current Crises: Black Plays Matter\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Seven:\u003c\/strong\u003e Current Crises: Immigration and Identity\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Eight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evolving Crises: Authoritarianism, Education, Environment\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Nine:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Pandemic: The Theatre Responds\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter Ten:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afterword\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salamander Street Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043213476183,"sku":"9781914228742","price":38.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-the-theatre-responds-9781914228742","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}