Steven Berkoff and the theatre of self-performance

By (author) Robert Cross

Publication date:

29 January 2004

Length of book:

256 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780719062544

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This book is the first substantial study of Steven Berkoff's career, examining the construction and projection of his notorious public persona through his plays and writings.

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Jewish East End roots
2. Berkoff's interpersonal 'self'
3. The London Theatre Group
4. Confinement and escapology
5. Berkoff's Cockney carnival
6. Berkoff and Thatcherism
7. Berkoff's 'inner self'
Conclusions
Bibliography