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Sierz, Aleks,

In-yer-face theatre : British drama today / Aleks Sierz. - 1 online resource

Previously issued in print: 2001.

P.B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The most controversial and newsworthy plays of British theatre are a rash of rude, vicious and provocative pieces by a brat pack of twentysomethings whose debuts startled critics and audiences with their heady mix of sex, violence and street-poetry. In-Yer-Face Theatre is the first book to study this exciting outburst of creative self-expression by what in other contexts has been called Generation X, or Thatcher's Children, the 'yoof' who grew up during the last Conservative Government. The book argues that, for example, Trainspotting, Blasted, Mojo and Shopping and F**king are much more tha.

ISBN: 0571318495 9780571318490

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Theater--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Théâtre anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Théâtre--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--20e siècle.
English drama.
Theater.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: PN2595 / S54 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 792.0941