The theatre of Anthony Neilson /
Anthony Neilson is one of the most exciting and challenging voices in contemporary British theater. For two decades, he has been in the vanguard of new writing and has acquired a reputation for innovation and experimentation. His major stage plays include Penetrator, The Censor, Stitching, Realism a...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Series: | Critical companions (London, England)
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. INTRODUCTION: NEILSON IN CONTEXT
- 2. PART I CRITICAL SURVEY
- a. Relationship plays:
- i. Normal
- ii. Penetrator
- iii. The Censor
- iv. Stitching
- b. Experiments in form
- i. Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness
- ii. The Wonderful World of Dissocia
- iii. Realism
- iv. Relocated
- v. Narrative
- c. Seasonal Entertainments and plays for young people
- i. Home Edinburgh and The Séance
- ii. The Night Before Christmas
- iii. The Lying Kind
- iv. God in Ruins
- v. Get Santa!
- d. Neilson as Director
- i. The Death of Klinghoffer (EIF 2005)
- ii. Caledonia (NTS 2010)
- iii. Marat Sade (RSC 2011)
- 3. PART II PERSPECTIVES
- a. Anthony Neilson in Conversation
- b. Critical
- i. Realism: Unstable Realities and Mental Health, by Anna Harpin (University of Warwick, UK)
- ii. Neilson in Rehearsal, by Gary Cassidy (University of Reading, UK)
- c. Perspectives on Neilson
- i. Dominic Cooke
- ii. Vicky Featherstone
- iii. Michael Boyd
- 4. CONCLUSION
- 5. RESOURCES
- a. Chronology of works
- b. Glossary of critical terms
- c. Further reading
- Endnotes
- Index.