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29 septembre 2020
- handle: 10670/1.lqxhtt
- isbn: 978-1-119-65264-9
- hal: hal-03852252
- doi: 10.1002/9781118902264.ch17
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Élisabeth Angel-Perez et al., « Howard Barker (and « the Art of Theatre ») », HAL-SHS : littérature, ID : 10.1002/9781118902264.ch17
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This chapter discusses the biographical landmarks of Howard Baker and his career in theatre. A poet at heart, Barker places language at the centre of a new dramatic form better adapted to express the complexity of the modern man: the Theatre of Catastrophe. Barker's early plays could at first sight be compared to sociopolitical theatre and manifest a clear Brechtian influence, a testimony to the long-lasting impact of the Berliner Ensemble's visit to England in 1956. Barker deprives the audience of every reference they could cling to: an identifiable space, a recognizable temporality, psychologically defined characters. What characterizes the end of the millennium and a third phase in Barker's manner of writing is precisely that the Theatre of Catastrophe shifts from the historical epic focus to a more intimate form of theatre. Catastrophe focuses on the crisis of the subject proper inasmuch as the subject crystallizes the anxieties of the age.