The Theatre and Films of Jez Butterworth

Cover page
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Halftitle page
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Series page
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Title page
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS......Page 11
A Prologue, with questions: ‘The isle is full of noises . . .’......Page 12
Tragicomedy and tragedy......Page 20
The Royal Court Theatre and an English sense of tragedy......Page 25
Openings: Definitely indefinite......Page 27
Laughter, and beyond: The devil in the details......Page 29
Festive tragedy......Page 33
Interlude: A sense of entitlement......Page 37
Hardmen and rogue males......Page 38
Desire paths through the edgelands......Page 43
Mojo: Shakin’ all over......Page 48
Birthday Girl: The brave, and the reasonable......Page 70
CHAPTER 3 THE NIGHT HERON: A NOOSE OF BRIARS......Page 74
CHAPTER 4 THE WINTERLING AND LEAVINGS: BECOMING A STRANGER......Page 86
CHAPTER 5 PARLOUR SONG: MEN HAVE THEIR USES......Page 104
Identity and history......Page 118
Jerusalem: What do you think an English forest is for?......Page 119
The clock and the forest......Page 122
A rural display......Page 123
The darkening green......Page 128
Moral panic versus the folk devil: The showdown......Page 133
An English ghost dance......Page 140
Footprints and repercussions......Page 143
Man and myth......Page 146
Awaking faith......Page 148
Fair Game: Freedom and security......Page 152
The River: Trophies of my lovers gone......Page 155
Jerusalem in Gotham, or Butterworth on Broadway James D. Balestrieri......Page 176
Still Puzzling it out: Jez Butterworth’s The River Mary Karen Dahl......Page 184
Butterworth’s Poetics of Absence Elisabeth Angel-Perez......Page 196
CHAPTER 9 INCONCLUSION: BURN THE PLANS......Page 206
That’s the badger: Moving the goalposts......Page 207
Post Script......Page 209
NOTES......Page 212
CHRONOLOGY......Page 224
REFERENCES......Page 226
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 228
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 230
INDEX......Page 232