{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-timberlake-wertenbaker-critical-companions-9781408184790","title":"The Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophie Bush is a writer-researcher specialising in contemporary theatre history and the processes of playmaking. Her doctorate, on the work of Timberlake Wertenbaker, was awarded by the University of Sheffield in 2011. She is a Lecturer in Performance at Sheffield Hallam University, and has previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield, Huddersfield and Manchester Metropolitan. She maintains an involvement with practical theatre-making, as director and devisor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible and informative, \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker \u003c\/i\u003eengages in a detailed survey of Wertenbaker's career as a playwright. Bush's approach is rooted in a close, textual analysis of play texts and production contexts, whilst her material is structured by means of a chronological charting of the dramatist's work through to the contemporary moment . . . Three-pronged attention [to \u003ci\u003eOur Country's Good\u003c\/i\u003e], complemented by Bush's own discussion of this major, widely studied and performed work, augers a wide market for the book from secondary to tertiary levels . . . Overall Bush makes a robust case as to why 'the theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker' deserves our enduring critical interest -- Elaine Aston, Lancaster University, UK * Studies in Theatre and Performance *\u003cbr\u003eDetailed and comprehensive. * The Year's Work in English Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction: Timberlake Wertenbaker’s floating identities Chapter One: ‘Good enough to go on’: the beginnings of a playwright        Chapter Two: ‘They never went on quests’: the gender of identification     Chapter Three: ‘To speak in order to be’: on language and identity  Chapter Four: Three professional perspectives on \u003ci\u003eOur Country's Good\u003c\/i\u003e Creating \u003ci\u003eOur Country’s Good\u003c\/i\u003e: collaborative writing practice and political ideals at the Royal Court in the 1980s by Sarah Sigal \u003ci\u003eOur Country's Good\u003c\/i\u003e in Melbourne by Roger Hodgman \u003ci\u003eOur Country's Good\u003c\/i\u003e in the classroom by Debby Turner Chapter Five: ‘The longing to belong’: on cultural genealogies      Chapter Six: ‘Landscapes with figures in them’: on pity and tenderness Conclusions        Resources Chronology Bibliography   Notes on Contributors Notes and References  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359389811031,"sku":"9781408184790","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408184790.jpg?v=1754124511","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-timberlake-wertenbaker-critical-companions-9781408184790","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}