{"product_id":"arnold-wesker-1","title":"Arnold Wesker","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only collection of essays on one of Britain's Angry Young Men, this book contains discussions of most of Wesker's published plays with an emphasis on the more recent works. Essays reevaluate the plays that made Wesker a household name in Britain (the \u003cem\u003eTrilogy, The\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eKitchen , and Chips with Everything)\u003c\/em\u003e. Clive Barker, co-director of \u003cem\u003eCentre 42,\u003c\/em\u003e gives a fresh account of that movement, and playwright Paul Levitt provides a previously unrecorded history of \u003cem\u003eCaritas, Blood Libel,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Shylock.\u003c\/em\u003e A personal profile of Wesker by novelist Margaret Drabble is reprinted from an earlier article. Original essays cover the theory and practice of theatre-Wesker's in-text stage directions, British television's adaptation of his plays, and an actor's and a director's perspectives on working with the playwright.\u003cbr\u003eMajor international Weskerian critics are assembled here: Klaus Peter Mÿller and Heiner Zimmermann from Germany; Rossana Bonadei, Angela Locatelli, and Alessandra Marzola from Italy; Keith Gore, Glenda Leeming, Martin Priestman, Jeremy Ridgman, Margaret Rose, and Robert Wilcher from Great Britain; Menakshi Ponnuswami from India; Robert Gross, Kimball King, and Robert Skloot from the United States. These essays take a wide range of critical approaches from an exploration of gender, to semiotics, biography, and the New Historicism. This is the most comprehensive collection of criticism on Arnold Wesker to date. Every major Weskerian scholar writing in English has contributed a piece to this casebook. Originating in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, India, and the United States, their essays create an international cultural context for Wesker's plays.\u003cbr\u003eThey also position his work among his contemporaries, in his historical era, and in the political and theatrical environment that defines his world. Furthermore, they form a biographical profile of Wesker, often giving us firsthand accounts of turning points in his career. Finally, some essays evaluate and interpret the major plays, dissecting and scrutinizing the formal elements that make them distinct. Their critical approaches are varied in that they make liberal use of semiotics, Bakhtinian and communication theory, cultural studies, and traditional readings. Their contributions compose a multi-faceted view of Wesker's life and work setting out fresh arguments for all his plays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246294552920,"sku":"9781138987517","price":65.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138987517_fa552e20-8c4e-4ff2-86b3-8e3d1f13ef4f.jpg?v=1770300052","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/arnold-wesker-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}