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Research paper thumbnail of Review: How to Write About Theatre. A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers

Research paper thumbnail of The World's Turned Inside Out, and We Can Never Go Home Anymore

Research paper thumbnail of Angels at the National and Bohemians in the West End: transposing and reviving American dramatic depictions of AIDS to the British stage in Angels in America and Rent

This study focuses on two highly successful AIDS plays, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and Jona... more This study focuses on two highly successful AIDS plays, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and Jonathan Larson’s Rent. These plays were performed in London in 1994 and 1998 respectively and revived in 2007. Both plays are key examples of American theatrical representations of AIDS performed on the London stage. This thesis examines how these plays represented AIDs on the London stage. Secondly the reception of these American AIDS plays is considered when staged in London is considered. Finally the longer term significance of performing these texts, both in terms of depictions of AIDS and the wider stylistic elements in relation to the theatrical landscape is also examined. Through reflection on the reception of these plays, they are considered for their significance of their depiction of AIDS and place within London theatre. It is examined how, through the use of political, medical and emotional ties, these plays successfully depicted AIDS when transposed to the British stage. In thes...

Research paper thumbnail of Modernizing Holmes: Location and Bringing Sherlock into the Twenty-First Century

Sherlock Holmes in Context, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Review: How to Write About Theatre. A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers

Research paper thumbnail of The World's Turned Inside Out, and We Can Never Go Home Anymore

Research paper thumbnail of Angels at the National and Bohemians in the West End: transposing and reviving American dramatic depictions of AIDS to the British stage in Angels in America and Rent

This study focuses on two highly successful AIDS plays, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and Jona... more This study focuses on two highly successful AIDS plays, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and Jonathan Larson’s Rent. These plays were performed in London in 1994 and 1998 respectively and revived in 2007. Both plays are key examples of American theatrical representations of AIDS performed on the London stage. This thesis examines how these plays represented AIDs on the London stage. Secondly the reception of these American AIDS plays is considered when staged in London is considered. Finally the longer term significance of performing these texts, both in terms of depictions of AIDS and the wider stylistic elements in relation to the theatrical landscape is also examined. Through reflection on the reception of these plays, they are considered for their significance of their depiction of AIDS and place within London theatre. It is examined how, through the use of political, medical and emotional ties, these plays successfully depicted AIDS when transposed to the British stage. In thes...

Research paper thumbnail of Modernizing Holmes: Location and Bringing Sherlock into the Twenty-First Century

Sherlock Holmes in Context, 2017

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