Festive irony: aspects of British theatre in the 1980s

Abstract:

Two memorable British theatrical productions of the 1980s were The Life tures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) and Our Country's Good (1988). Both w tations of novels, both were a result of collective workshopping by actor and playwrights, and both exuded dynamism, celebration, a sense of fe inspired overwhelmingly enthusiastic responses amongst their audiences. were set historically, yet both were as much about the England of the 19 were about the London of Dickens's earliest memories or about Australi first settlement. However, although each play left its audience with as exhilarating theatre can actually be, the triumphant endings were balan ironic undercurrent. The Dickensian world, taken on face value, seems a susceptible to the notion of the innate goodness of human kind; Dav adjustment to Nicholas Nickleby's happy ending, showing Nicholas hold like child out towards the audience, as the rest of the …

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1991

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