{"product_id":"9781474240178","title":"Staging Beckett in Great Britain","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStaging Beckett in Great Britain\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Tucker | Trish McTighe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett's relationship with British theatre is complex and underexplored, yet his impact has been immense. Uniquely placing performance history at the centre of its analysis, this volume examines Samuel Beckett's drama as it has been staged in Great Britain, bringing to light a wide range of untold histories and in turn illuminating six decades of drama in Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from studies of the first English tour of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955 to Talawa's 2012 all-black co-production of the same play, \u003ci\u003eStaging Samuel Beckett in Great Britain\u003c\/i\u003e excavates a host of archival resources in order to historicize how Beckett's drama has interacted with specific theatres, directors and theatre cultures in the UK.  It traces production histories of plays such as \u003ci\u003eKrapp's Last Tape\u003c\/i\u003e; presents Beckett's working relationships with the Royal Court, Riverside and West Yorkshire Playhouse, as well as with directors such as Peter Hall; looks at the history of Beckett's drama in Scotland and how the plays have been staged in London's West End. Production analyses are mapped onto political, economic and cultural contexts of Great Britain so that Beckett's drama resonates in new ways, through theatre practice, against the complex contexts of Great Britain's regions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions from experts in the fields of both Beckett studies and UK drama, including  S.E. Gontarski, David Pattie, Mark Taylor-Batty and Sos Eltis, the volume offers an exceptional and unique understanding of Beckett's reception on the UK stage and the impact of his drama within UK theatre practices. Together with its sister volume, \u003ci\u003eStaging Samuel Beckett in Ireland and Northern Ireland \u003c\/i\u003eit will prove a terrific resource for students, scholars and theatre practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrish McTighe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Reading, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haptic Aesthetic in Samuel Beckett's Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and has published in several international journals on aesthetics, corporeality and technology in performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of a number of publications on Beckett, including \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx: Tracing 'a literary fantasia'\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2012), and is co-editor with Mark Nixon and Dirk Van Hulle of\u003ci\u003e Samuel Beckett Today\/Aujourd'hui, Vol. 26\u003c\/i\u003e (2014): 'Revisiting Molloy, Malone muert\/Malone Dies and L'Innommable\/The Unnamable'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 June 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474240178\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332264329356,"sku":"9781474240178","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3e1654a5-c074-45e9-9926-cecc395a00da.jpg?v=1783602579","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474240178","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}