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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 than a collection of shock tactics - taken together, they represent a consistent critique of modern life, one which focuses on the problem of violence, the crisis of masculinity and the futility of consumerism. The book contains extensive interviews with playwrights, including Sarah Kane (Blasted), Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and F**king), Philip Ridley (The Pitchfork Disney), Patrick Marber (Closer) and Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane).
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'A definitive new book on the phenomenon [of in-yer-face theatre]' Saturday Telegraph
'A definitive new book on the phenomenon [of in-yer-face theatre]' Saturday Telegraph
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On 4 November 1998, a small but lively audience filled the Pleasance theatre in north London for the opening night of Snatch, a seventy-five-minute play by twenty-one-year-old Peter Rose. Read the first page
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Sierz argues that much 1990s British theatre can be characterised as possessing a shared sensibility, which he labels 'in-yer-face'. He is referring here to work by Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Patrick Marber, Alex Nielson, Joe Penhall, Phyllis Nagy, Jez Butterworth and others - edgy, violent, graphic and, for Sierz, 'experiential'. By this he means the plays don't debate issues so much as put the audience through the experience they explore - not literally, of course, but emotionally. There was certainly a new and exciting mood in th theatre in the 90s, though whether everyone will agree with Sierz's definition of it is another matter. I persnally found his arguments convincing and was impressed by his fair-minded and thorough approach to the topic, and by the depth of his research. His book is an excellent introduction to the theatre of the past ten years, and a thought-provoking one. In the same class as 'The Theatre of the Absurd', 'Anger and After' or Elsom's 'British Theatre Since 1945', though some will consider Sierz's concentration on playwrights an antiquated approach.
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i find this an interesting book. I suppose I am like many writers who are trying to find that special ingredient which could perhaps create interest from a publisher or media type company.
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Fantastic book - Extremely informative and well written. Language used is very accessable for all levels and would be useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in theatre / drama or performance studies.
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Exellent
This book is amazing! I bought it mainly for college work but i found it hard to put down. A must for any performing arts students!
Published 10 months ago by Chavezelgringo
Worth reading
A very easy read and a good introduction to the 90's newer playwrights. The first chapter is particularly useful as a contextualisation of violence, (graphic or otherwise), on the... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by Rannius
Read with caution as an introduction.
Unfortunately this is the only publication that deals specifically with the 'new wave' of young writers that emerged in British theatre during the 1990s. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2006 by "jcrusher85"
A book to mislead a new generation of Drama students
I don't know why one would want to own this book. It frames descriptive accounts of recent British theatre within a rather tenuous argument about the 'experiential'. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2002
Brilliant journey into the latest great contemporary movemen
I bought this book to write an essay on Saah kane with and could not put it down. it is written in such a straight forward accessible and interesting way that it becomes not only... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2001 by c_storm60@hotmail.com
A trudge through recent British Theatre
This book is an attempt to create a school of new British playwrights analogous to the mythic 'Angry Young Men' of 1956. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2001
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