Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969 A Revolution on Stage
This book argues that Scottish theatre has, since the late 1960s, undergone an artistic renaissance, driven by European Modernist aesthetics. Combining detailed research and analysis with exclusive interviews with ten leading figures in modern Scottish dr
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A REVOLUTION ON STAGE
MARK BROWN
Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969
Mark Brown
Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969 A Revolution on Stage
Mark Brown Glasgow, Scotland, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-98638-8 ISBN 978-3-319-98639-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98639-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954735 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: ‘Knives in Hens’, Perth Theatre, dir. Lu Kemp. Photograph: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For my parents, Jane and Jim They buck you up, your Mum and Dad
In memoriam: Pauline Knowles December 16, 1967–October 17, 2018 An outstanding actor of her generation Scottish theatre is much the poorer for her passing
“I always think of Scotland as a European country, and England as, unfortunately, not one.” 1 Howard Barker
1 Howard Barker in Mark Brown (ed.), Howard Barker Interviews 1980–2010: Conversations in Catastrophe (Bristol: Intellect, 2011), p. 151.
Acknowledgements
If the undertaking of a book such as this one proves anything, it is the wisdom of the title of the 2004 album by the experimental jazz trio Sonore, No One Ever Works Alone. Consequently, whilst all errors in the following work are my own, I have a number of people to thank for the many and various forms of assistance and support that made it possible for me to write this volume. Writing and research present considerable challenges to family life. I would like to offer my warmest thanks to the following members of my family for their love, patience and all manner of moral and practical support:
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