To Begin to Speculate: Theatre Studies, Ethics and Spectatorship

Aragay, Mireia

doi:10.1057/9781137297570_1

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“…In this context, taking the audience on a journey into their souls and minds and to the society they are a part of, Crimp's dramatic works ask the audience to pause in their rapidly flowing life, look at life again and understand it. Aragay (2014) states that Crimp appeals to the ethical thinking capacities of the audience (p. 10). Thus, the audience reacts similarly to the events they see on stage and the events they witness in their day-to-day lives, thereby recognising the real-life contexts in the plays.…”

Section: The Theatre Of Martin Crimpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Kentli Tüketim Toplumu Eleştirisi Olarak Martin Crimp Tiyatrosu

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2023

Kent Akademisi

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Martin Crimp criticises the urban culture based on pleasure and temptation in real-life contexts. Crimp depicts moral ambiguity and corruption faced by society and individuals in dealing with the problems caused by the free-market economy and globalisation in a background of an urban consumer society. Martin Crimp criticises contemporary urban life, in which consumerism has become a way of life, in the context of the social and individual degeneration, decay, uncertainty, violence and insecurity he witnesses. In his plays, Crimp delineates the issues of loss of tradition and value, social collapse, loneliness, and self-repetitive life in a bleak reality with a desire for an alternative life. In this context, to frame the theoretical structure of this study, the British society and theatre, starting with The Margaret Thatcher era into the first decade of the 2000s, will be analysed in terms of economic, political, and cultural changes that affect and transform society and the individuals as reflected in the plays. This study will discuss Martin Crimp’s stage plays titled Dealing with Clair (1988), The Treatment (1993), and The City (2008) within a social, cultural, political, and economic context.

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Section: The Theatre Of Martin Crimpmentioning

confidence: 99%