The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Ian Brown

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Ian Brown

In the series Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748646340

Overview
Contents

About this book

Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and forms

The 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre, with particular attention to the last 100 years.

The first part of the volume covers Scottish drama from the earliest records to the late twentieth-century literary revival, as well as translation in Scottish theatre and non-theatrical drama. The second part focuses on the work of influential Scottish playwrights, from J. M. Barrie and James Bridie to Ena Lamont Stewart, Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan and right up to contemporary playwrights Anthony Neilson, Gregory Burke, Henry Adams and Douglas Maxwell.

Key Features

Provides a thorough overview of Scottish theatre from the earliest days to the present
Deals with play texts as well as with the key contexts and themes of drama and theatre over the years
Provides insights into the work of leading Scottish playwrights, including the new generations since the 1970s

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Editors’ Preface Ian Brown and Thomas Owen Clancy Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
INTRODUCTION: A Lively Tradition and Creative Amnesia Ian Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER ONE. Scottish Drama until 1650 Sarah Carpenter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
CHAPTER TWO. Public and Private Performance: 1650–1800 Ian Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
CHAPTER THREE. Folk Drama in Gaelic Scotland Michael Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
CHAPTER FOUR. The National Drama and the Nineteenth Century Barbara Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
CHAPTER FIVE. Twentieth-Century Popular Theatre Paul Maloney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER SIX. Drama, Language and Late Twentieth- Century Literary Revival Randall Stevenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
CHAPTER SEVEN. History in Contemporary Scottish Theatre David Archibald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER EIGHT. Translated Drama in Scotland John Corbett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER NINE. J. M. Barrie R. D. S. Jack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
CHAPTER TEN. The Mid-Century Dramatists Donald Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
CHAPTER ELEVEN. James Bridie Gerard Carruthers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
CHAPTER TWELVE. Poets in the Theatre: Ure, Kay, Conn, Morgan Anne Varty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Women Playwrights from the 1970s and 1980s Tom Maguire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Traverse, 1985–97: Arnott, Clifford, Hannan, Harrower, Greig and Greenhorn Steve Cramer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Liz Lochhead Ksenija Horvat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Post-Devolutionary Drama Trish Reid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Experience and Contexts of Drama in Scotland David Hutchison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Endnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: May 16, 2011
ISBN: 9780748646340