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List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements x
A Note about Illustrations xi
Introduction: A British Theatrical Avant-Garde 1
1 Structure: The Fragmented and the Episodic 22
Performing current affairs: the Living Newspaper 25
Expressionism and Stationendrama 31
Montage and cinematic editing 40
Variety theatre and popular entertainment 46
'Time, gentlemen, please': naturalism and beyond 48
Questioning conclusions 53
2 Staging: Platforms and Constructions 55
Former theatrical traditions and the contemporary political space 57
'Precursors of great promise' 61
Using the platform 63
Construction and projection 66
New lighting innovations 71
The new stage: cages and prisons 75
Limited experiment? 82
3 Language: Disturbing Words 85
Poetry in theatre: a British tradition 86
Poetry, drama and linguistic style 91
Towards a political poetic 97
The poetics of declamation 104
Dialect, accent and vernacular speech 106
Non-communicative language 109
Speaking to an audience 112
4 Character: The Screaming Man and the Talking Feet 115
Ancient modes reinterpreted 116
Isolation: psychoanalytical science and the fragmented mind 120
Modem humanity: the nameless, the dead and the non-human 127
Animals, mannequins and robots: new characters for the modern stage 134
Redeeming the human 140
5 Crossing Genres: Movement and Music 147
Crossing genres: music, dance and the dramatic form 148
Dance, movement and the modern world 152
Dalcroze's eurhythmies to Meyerhold's biomechanics 154
Modem dance: Theatre Workshop's experiments with Laban 158
The Dance of Death: the influence of ballet 162
Rhythms, beats and drumming 168
'Incidental' theatrical music 171
The creation of critical dialogues 174
Conclusion: A British Theatrical Avant-Garde? 176
Notes 183
Bibliography 195
Index 210
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