Politics for the middle classes: contemporary audiences and the violence of now

Vicky Angelaki

doi:10.1057/9781137010131

Politics for the middle classes: contemporary audiences and the violence of now

Vicky Angelaki

Drama and Theatre Arts

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Abstract

The chapter proceeds from a statement made by Dominic Cooke (current artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre) at the start of his term. The statement, though broadly misinterpreted, alluded to the fact that 'traditional' theatre audiences needed to be challenged so as to approach performance with greater involvement. The chapter therefore traces how the sentiment expressed in the statement captures a shared understanding amongst theatre practitioners in our time of the fact that the relationship between form and content needs to be radically reconfigured for the theatre to reclaim its efficaciousness, moving away from mere audience placation and into the territory of perceptual questioning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contemporary British Theatre
Subtitle of host publication	Breaking New Ground
Editors	Vasiliki Angelaki
Place of Publication	Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave
Pages	57-78
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	978-1137010124
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010131
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013

Bibliographical note

This is a single-authored chapter, which will be published in my single-edited collection, details as above. The book has been submitted to the publisher and the projected publication date is within the REF stipulations.

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Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground
Angelaki, V. (ed.), 6 Sept 2013, Basingstoke: Palgrave. 224 p.
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Politics for the middle classes: contemporary audiences and the violence of now

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