Arguments for a Theatre

Name: Arguments for a Theatre
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SKU: 9781783198054
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(4th edition)

By Howard Barker

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Arguments for a Theatre by Howard Barker presents the theory and practice of his radical 'Theatre of Catastrophe'. As a prolific playwright and critic of the British establishment, Barker challenges conventional theatre with emotionally intense and intellectually stimulating work. This edition is a collection of essays, fragments, and poems that serve as a cultural manifesto, exploring the dynamic interplay between intellect and artistry beyond traditional academic criticism.
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Ideal for scholars, theatre practitioners, and readers interested in avant-garde drama and cultural theory.

A seminal text for students of the theatre, back in print in a revised and updated edition with nine new essays.

This new edition of Barker’s seminal text outlines the theory and practice of his ‘Theatre of Catstrophe'.

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This new edition of Barker’s seminal text Arguments for a Theatre outlines the theory and practice of his ‘Theatre of Catastrophe’. Author of over thirty plays, Howard Barker has long been an implacable foe of the liberal British establishment, and champion of radical theatre worldwide.

His best-known plays are The Castle, Scenes from an Execution and The Possibilities. All his plays are emotionally highly charged, intellectually stimulating and have no truck with the theatrical conventions of what he terms the ‘Establishment Theatre’.

These fragments, essays, thoughts and poems on the nature of theatre likewise reject the constraints of ‘objective’ academic theatre criticism. Rather, they explore the collision (and collusion) of intellect and artistry in the creative act.

This book is more than a collection of essays: it is a cultural manifesto.

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‘A manifesto as systematically unsystematic as Artaud’s for a Theatre of Cruelty – a comparable mixture of self-revelation, self-concealment, anger and explosive excitement. The essays, all of them, are clamorous, challenging and eloquent. Indisputably brilliant.’ -- Peter Thomson, University of Exeter

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783198054

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Howard Barker's first play was performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1970. Subsequently, his works were played by the Royal Court, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Open Space Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and the Almeida. He is currently Artistic Director of The Wrestling School, a company established to disseminate his works and develop his theory of production. His work is played extensively in Europe, in translation, in The United States, and in Australia. He writes regularly for radio, both in England and Europe. He is the author of plays for marionettes and has written three librettos for opera. Howard Barker is the author of two works of theory, and five volumes of poetry. He is also a painter. His work is held in national collections in England (V&A, London) and Europe.