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THEATRE & NATION

THEATRE & NATION. THEATRE AND NATION. Focus for today’s lecture: Jerusalem : What is this play saying about England as a nation and how are these ideas represented dramatically?

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THEATRE & NATION

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  1. THEATRE & NATION

  2. THEATRE AND NATION Focusfor today’s lecture: Jerusalem:What is this play saying about England as a nation and how are these ideas represented dramatically? Readingfor today's lecture:- Butterworth, Jez (2009) Jerusalem- Holdsworth, Nadine (2010) theatre & nation, London, Routledge The following power points relate to Key ideas as discussed in lecture ansHoldsworth: National Theatres, State-Of -The-Nation plays, Icons, Stories History / Empire and Identity

  3. Jerusalem, Nation and Icons What is this play saying about England as a nation and how is it represented? Icons Myths/ Stories History / Empire Identity

  4. ICONS

  5. MYTHS

  6. Dragons live forever/ but not so little boys

  7. Identity

  8. Identity?

  9. Displacement Millions of people do not officially exist for example in time of war  

  10. …for some, ‘other’ people do not officially exist. 

  11. Identity feeds on Difference

  12. Birth of a modern monster (…and a modern myth)

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