{"product_id":"arguments-for-a-theatre-by-howard-barker-9781783198054","title":"Arguments for a Theatre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of Barker’s seminal text \u003cem\u003eArguments for a Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e outlines the theory and practice of his ‘Theatre of Catastrophe’. Author of over thirty plays, Howard Barker has long been an implacable foe of the liberal British establishment, and champion of radical theatre worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis best-known plays are \u003cem\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScenes from an Execution\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Possibilities\u003c\/em\u003e. All his plays are emotionally highly charged, intellectually stimulating and have no truck with the theatrical conventions of what he terms the ‘Establishment Theatre’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese fragments, essays, thoughts and poems on the nature of theatre likewise reject the constraints of ‘objective’ academic theatre criticism. Rather, they explore the collision (and collusion) of intellect and artistry in the creative act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is more than a collection of essays: it is a cultural manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595697307884,"sku":"9781783198054","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781783198054-arguments-for-a-theatre.jpg?v=1777903228","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/arguments-for-a-theatre-by-howard-barker-9781783198054","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}