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James Moran, University of Nottingham, UK What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? This volume utilises case studies from Ireland, Germany, Saint Lucia and Nigeria to explore the form and function of modern tragedy. The first chapter focuses on our current ecocidal crisis, and John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea (1904), while the second takes a detailed look at Brecht’s reworking of Synge's drama. The final chapter examines the work of Derek Walcott and J�P� Clark, whose ideas were partly motivated by applying the tragic narrative of Synge’s play to postcolonial contexts.

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 192 pages • 8 bw illus PB 9781350139770 • £14�99 / $19�95 • HB 9781350139787 • £45�00 / $61�00 ePub 9781350139794 • £13�49 / $19�22 ePdf 9781350139800 • £13�49 / $19�22 Series: Forms of Drama • Methuen Drama

Theatre, Performance and Commemoration

Staging Crisis, Memory and Nationhood

Edited by Miriam Haughton, NUI Galway, Ireland, Alinne Balduino P. Fernandes, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil & Pieter Verstraete, University of Groningen and Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Free University

Berlin, Germany This volume explores how theatre and performance creates a vital stage for acts and displays of commemoration� It considers the interplay between theatre, performance and commemoration and cultural and social political issues across the globe� Case studies draw together theatre and commemoration in political and historical contexts across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 240 pages HB 9781350306769 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350306776 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350306783 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance • Methuen Drama Natalie Alvarez, Brock University, Canada Theatre and war have long been bedfellows� This brief study looks beyond theatre about war, and instead focuses on the relationship between theatre and war: how they feed into and inform each other, from rehearsal to post-production analysis. This critical look examines the history of both, asking pertinent questions such as how have the tools of theatre been used in the waging of war? And what are the ‘shared interests’ of theatre and war?

UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 104 pages PB 9781137584250 • £9�99 / $12�95 ePub 9781137584274 • £8�99 / $12�35 ePdf 9781137584267 • £8�99 / $12�35 Series: Theatre And • Methuen Drama World English

Mediatized Dramaturgy

The Evolution of Plays in the Media Age

Seda Ilter, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Media technologies and their socio-cultural repercussions have increasingly influenced British theatre since the ubiquitous prevalence of digital technologies from the 1990s� This study explores the ways in which plays have evolved in relation to the socio-cultural and cognitive conditions of a mediatized age, and how text as a literary form and the basis for live performance can respond to these conditions and open up new possibilities for performance� The study combines theatre and media theory through the innovative concept of ‘mediatized dramaturgy’ and offers conceptual reflections on the ways in which a playtext negotiates the new reality of contemporary culture�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350254756 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350031159 ePub 9781350031166 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350031173 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama

Critical Companions

Patrick Lonergan, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland & Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Loyola Marymount University, USA

The Theatre of Paula Vogel

Practice, Pedagogy and Influences

Lee Brewer Jones, Georgia State University, USA This volume examines Paula Vogel as both a playwright and a professor, analyzing texts and early reviews of her major plays—including Indecent, Desdemona, How I Learned to Drive and The Baltimore Waltz—before turning attention to Vogel's influence upon other major playwrights, such as Sarah Ruhl and Lynn Nottage. Enriched by essays from Ana Fernández-Caparrós and Amy Muse and an interview with Lynn Nottage, this is a vibrant exploration of Paula Vogel as a major American playwright�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 272 pages HB 9781350251717 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350251724 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350251731 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Critical Companions • Methuen Drama

The Theatre of Simon Stephens

Jacqueline Bolton, University of Lincoln, UK Focusing on issues of theatricality and the effect of plays in performance, this critical companion surveys the work of Simon Stephens, one of the most prolific and successful British playwrights of the 21st century. Stephens' award-winning plays feature prominently in theatres across Europe, and his collaborations with a variety of artists and practitioners have produced a dramaturgically diverse body of theatre� Bolton's coverage of his work contextualizes Stephens' oeuvre through his embrace of European aesthetics and processes, and explores the impact of this upon attitudes towards the function of writing and the role of the audience in live performance�

UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 264 pages PB 9781350249608 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781474238649 ePub 9781474238656 • £72�00 / $100�29 ePdf 9781474238663 • £72�00 / $100�29 Series: Critical Companions • Methuen Drama