Barnett, David Julian orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-0816 (2022) The Politics of Experimental Drama:Unexpected Conformity and Weird Resistance in Alistair McDowall’s Pomona. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. pp. 358-374. ISSN 2195-0164
Abstract
This article explores the relationship between form, content and politics. It challenges some significant positions by no lesser figures than Bertolt Brecht and Heiner Müller on the need for radical forms to function as a prerequisite for imagining alternatives to the prevailing socio-political order. The main focus for analysis is Alistair McDowall's Pomona, a much-produced and much-lauded play, that certainly has an experimental dramaturgy, but one which serves more conservative political ends. The article goes on, however, to identify an instance of 'the weird' in the play and argues that an element of content rather than an experimental form can call the world of the play into question.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2022 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jcde-2022-0026 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/jcde-2022-0026 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191876 |