Political Theatre in the Age of Brexit: The State of Nation in Monologues

IF 0.1 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.2478/abcsj-2019-0021

Banu Öğünç

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Abstract On the British stage, political theatre, which emerged in the twentieth century, has been linked with the problems of the working class as initiated in the 1920s until the early 1960s. With the end of the official censorship of theatre in 1968, political theatre in Britain experienced a period in which socialist works marked the stage. Nevertheless, the 1990s challenged the association of political theatre with the conditions of the working class. Considering the current political and social events in Britain and around the world, it is appropriate to underline that political theatre is not only in a constant flux, but its definition has been once again challenged. In this regard, Brexit can be considered as one of the most significant movements to influence the understanding of political theatre in the twenty-first century. Consequently, this study aims to analyse Brexit Shorts: Dramas from a Divided Nation (2017), a co-production by the Guardian and Headlong Theatre Company and discuss their contribution to the changing definition of political theatre. Brexit Shorts will be further explored regarding their influence on the popularity of monologues as a mode of performance.

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英国脱欧时代的政治戏剧:独白中的国家状态

在英国舞台上，出现于20世纪的政治戏剧与工人阶级的问题联系在一起，这些问题始于20世纪20年代至60年代初。随着1968年官方对戏剧审查制度的结束，英国的政治戏剧经历了一个社会主义作品占据舞台的时期。然而，20世纪90年代对政治戏剧与工人阶级状况的联系提出了挑战。考虑到英国和世界各地当前的政治和社会事件，有必要强调，政治戏剧不仅处于不断变化之中，而且它的定义也再次受到挑战。在这方面，英国脱欧可以被认为是影响21世纪政治戏剧理解的最重要的运动之一。因此，本研究旨在分析英国脱欧短片:来自分裂国家的戏剧(2017)，这是由卫报和Headlong剧院公司合作制作的，并讨论它们对政治戏剧定义变化的贡献。英国脱欧短片将进一步探讨其对独白作为一种表演模式的流行的影响。

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American, British and Canadian Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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