I read Kane’s plays through an optic of trauma theory, and link the trauma to postmodern experience as defined by war, inter-personal violence, repetitive memory, and sex as medium of violence.
This book analyzes her plays as products of a long history of theatrical convention and experimentation, rather than trend. Kane’s plays were notorious for their shocking productions and challenging and offensive subject matter. Cruel Britannia: Sarah Kane’s Postmodern Traumatics examines four plays by British playwright Sarah Kane (1971–1999), all written between 19 within the context of the «Cool Britannia», or «In-Yer-Face» London theatre movement of the 1990s.
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