Contemporary Australian Playwriting

Contemporary Australian Playwriting
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781000784565
ISBN-13 : 1000784568
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Book Synopsis Contemporary Australian Playwriting by : Chris Hay

Download or read book Contemporary Australian Playwriting written by Chris Hay and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Australian Playwriting provides a thorough and accessible overview of the diverse and exciting new directions that Australian Playwriting is taking in the twenty-first century. In 2007, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was William Shakespeare. In 2019, the most produced playwright on the Australian mainstage was Nakkiah Lui, a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman. This book explores what has happened both on stage and off to generate this remarkable change. As writers of colour, queer writers, and gender diverse writers are produced on the mainstage in larger numbers, they bring new critical directions to the twenty-first century Australian stage. At a politically turbulent time when national identity is fractured, this book examines the ways in which Australia’s leading playwrights have interrogated, problematised, and tried to make sense of the nation. Tracing contemporary trends, the book takes a thematic approach to the re-evaluation of the nation that is dramatized in key Australian plays. Each chapter is accompanied by a duologue between two of the playwrights whose work has been analysed, to provide a dual perspective of theory and practice.


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