196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

Hailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett's diverse range of plays strike at the heart of the various crises predominant in the early twenty-first century. Offering the first extensive examination of the plays and television series written by award winning playwright Mike Bartlett, this volume not only provides analysis of some of... Read more

Acknowledgements PART I: Life, Career, Theories of Theatre 1 Mike Bartlett: An Introduction Biographical Information 2 Mike Bartlett: The Etch-a-Sketch Playwright The Audience The Language The Experience PART II: Key Plays 3 Institutional Expectations: Not Talking, My Child, and Cock Not Talking (2006): Societal Roles and Institutional Victimization My Child (2007): Morals or Money? Cock (2009): Challenging Definitions 4 Generational Crises: Earthquakes in London; Love, Love, Love; Albion; and Snowflake Earthquakes in London (2010): Weathering the Family Love, Love, Love (2010): Carrying That Familial Weight, a Long Time Albion (2017): Audrey’s Influence Snowflake (2018): A Christmas Brexit Play 5 Bully for Business: The Bartlett Workplace – Contractions, Bull, Sticks and Stones, and Press Contractions (2008): Knowing the Employee’s Business Bull (2013): Destroying the Employee Sticks and Stones (2019): The Bullying Will Now Be Televised Press (2018): Bully for the Fourth Estate 6 Doctor Medea: The Cultural Phenomenon – Medea, Doctor Foster, and Life Medea of the Suburbs Doctor Foster (2015): Re-Envisioning Medea Life (2020): A Revisiting PART III: Key Productions 7 Directing and Performing Bull (2013) 8 King Charles III: From Stage to Screen The Backstory Two Editing Choices: Language and Characters The Women of King Charles III: Kate, Diana, and Jess Coda: A King Is Crowned Appendix 1 A Conversation With Adam James Appendix 2 A Conversation With Victoria Hamilton Appendix 3 A Conversation With Rachael Stirling Appendix 4 A Conversation With Mike Bartlett Index

Biography

William C. Boles is the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Chair of English at Rollins College, USA.