British Theatre from Agitprop to 'Primark Playwriting'
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2024
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Cambridge University
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In this interview, which took place in Birmingham on 16 February 2023, Hakan G & uuml;ltekin talks to playwright David Edgar about his theatre universe and the current state of British theatre. Edgar has long championed the social and economic rights of playwrights, and here suggests that the lack of long-term and sustained support from British theatres has created what he calls 'Primark playwrights'. His plays are characterized by a careful examination of historical events and the impact of these events on society, as evident in his epic two-part play Destiny (1976), which examines the roots of the British Labour movement. Other notable plays include Excuses Excuses (1972), Saigon Rose (1976), Wreckers (1977), and Entertaining Strangers (1986), commissioned by the Colway Theatre. He has also written plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1978), Maydays (1983, revived in 2018), and Pentecost (1994). More recently, he adapted A Christmas Carol for the RSC (2017) and staged the one-man show Trying It On (2018). He founded the first playwriting degree in Britain at the University of Birmingham in 1989, and served as President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 2007 to 2013.
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Political Theatre, Censorship, Austerity, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, Funding Cuts
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Cambridge University Press
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