THEATRE & NATION

THEATRE AND NATION

Focus for today’s lecture: Jerusalem: What is this play saying about England as a nation and how are these ideas represented dramatically?

Reading for today's lecture:- Butterworth, Jez (2009) Jerusalem- Holdsworth, Nadine (2010) theatre & nation, London, Routledge

The following power points relate to Key ideas as discussed in lecture ans Holdsworth:

National Theatres, State-Of -The-Nation plays, Icons, Stories History / Empire and Identity

Jerusalem, Nation and Icons

What is this play saying about England as a nation and how is it represented?

Icons

Myths/ Stories

History / Empire

Identity

ICONS

•MYTHS

Dragons live forever/ but not so little boys

Identity

Identity?

Displacement

Millions of people do not officially exist

for example in time of war  

…for some, ‘other’ people do not officially

exist. 

Identity feeds on Difference

Birth of a modern monster (…and a modern myth)