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Author:   Jacqueline Bolton ,  Nicholas Holden
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.721kg
ISBN:  

9781526145222

ISBN 10:   1526145227
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 April 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘Grimy little people like me’: Situating Dennis Kelly – Jacqueline Bolton and Nicholas Holden Part I: Incubation 1 DNA in the classroom: Drama as English exam – Charlotte Bell 2 Suspended in time and place: children and precarious masculinity in Dennis Kelly’s Girls & Boys – Marissia Fragkou 3 ‘I’ll teach you a thing or two’: Dennis Kelly’s ‘School Plays’ – Jacqueline Bolton and Nicholas Holden Part II: Antibodies 4 ‘Are you sick, yet? / Are you disgusted, yet?’: Watching torture in Dennis Kelly’s works – Clare Finburgh Delijani 5 Utopia: Dennis Kelly’s ‘unworthy’ drama – Chris Megson 6 Beautiful doom: The political aesthetic of Utopia – Sam Haddow 7 Subjectivity in Dennis Kelly’s early drama: Towards neoliberalism – Basil Chiasson Part III: False positives 8 ‘I just want it to be your words’: Problematising verbatim theatre in Dennis Kelly’s Taking Care of Baby – Sarah Beck 9 ‘What is the difference between made up and real?’ Narrative, the ‘post-truth’ era, and Dennis Kelly’s The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas – Catherine Love 10 ‘What else isn’t true?’, or, Dennis Kelly’s expressionism – Mark Robson 11 Atopia: Dennis Kelly, Modernity, and Community – David Pattie Part IV: Variants 12 ‘Now look, are you going to tell me a story or not?’: The art and politics of storytelling in Matilda the Musical – Aloysia Rousseau 13 Dennis Kelly’s The Gods Weep at the Royal Shakespeare Company –Catriona Fallow 14 Performing stories, engaging audiences: Dennis Kelly’s narrative aesthetic –Janine Hauthal Conclusion: ‘Your subject matter isn’t film, isn’t TV, isn’t books. It’s people, it’s real life’: An interview with Dennis Kelly – Jacqueline Bolton and Nicholas Holden Index -- .

Reviews

'This cutting-edge book brings together original and timely essays on the work of Dennis Kelly, one of Britain’s most fascinating contemporary playwrights and screenwriters. Offering nuanced perspectives on Kelly’s destabilising dramaturgy, searing storytelling and scenarios of acute moral ambiguity, Beautiful Doom explores his impact across stage and screen, from plays like DNA and Taking Care of Baby to Matilda the Musical and television dramas like Utopia and Together. The volume is packed with insights for scholars, students, and theatre practitioners alike – an indispensable resource for understanding the enduring significance of Kelly’s dramatic work across a range of media.' Clare Wallace, Charles University -- .

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Jacqueline Bolton is Honourary Senior Fellow at the University of Lincoln. Nicholas Holden is Head of Academic Affairs and Research at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

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