Encenando o processo de paz no teatro contemporâneo da Irlanda do Norte: A obra AH6905 de Dave Duggan
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2007
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Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
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Este ensaio pretende focar a obra de Dave Duggan e da sua compania teatral Sole Purpose Productions, analisando em detalhe a produção da sua nova peça AH6905. As Produções Sole Purpose foram criadas em 1997 pelos directores co-artísticos Dave Duggan e Patricia Byrne com o objectivo de elucidar o público relativamente a questões sociais e públicos através do discurso do imaginário teatral. David Duggan e as Produções Sole Purpose trabalham, de modo consciente, com o intuito de “aplicar a imaginação teatral ao processo político de paz”, seguindo a tradição do “espaço utópico” criada pelos dramaturgos Stewart Parker e Anne Devlin. No entanto, enquanto estes últimos limitam as opções dramatúrgicas empregues nas suas peças à superação do realismo e à tentativa de contornar métodos didácticos, as peças de Duggan rejeitam o realismo a favor de um teatro expressionista brechtiano mais didáctico. A peça AH6905 foca a questão da recuperação da verdade no Processo de Paz da Irlanda do Norte, recorrendo à estrutura dramatúrgica do monólogo. Uma metafóra teatral é utilizada por Dave Duggan para exprimir a sua esperança de que “o povo da Irlanda do Norte se coloque no centro do palco desta questão e no modo de recuperação da verdade nos próximos anos” (Dave Duggan, Foreword to AH6905, p. 5).
In this paper I am going to closely focus on the work of Dave Duggan and his company Sole Purpose Productions, analysing in detail his new play and production AH6905. Sole Purpose Productions was formed in 1997 by co-artistic directors Dave Duggan and Patricia Byrne to illuminate social and public issues by bringing the discourse of theatrical imagination to bear on them. David Duggan and Sole Purpose Productions consciously work with the “application of the theatrical imagination to the politics of the peace process” in the tradition of the utopian space created in the drama of writers such as Stewart Parker and Anne Devlin. However, while the latter limit the dramaturgical options employed in their plays to merely transcending realism, and eschew didactic methods, Duggan’s plays reject realism for a more Brechtian didactic and expressionist theatre. The play AH6905 exposes the issue of truth recovery in the Northern Ireland Peace Process through the dramaturgical structure of a monologue. With a theatrical metaphor Dave Duggan expresses his hope that “the people of Northern Ireland themselves will take centre stage on the matter and the manner of truth recovery over the coming (Dave Duggan, Foreword to AH6905, p. 5). 202
In this paper I am going to closely focus on the work of Dave Duggan and his company Sole Purpose Productions, analysing in detail his new play and production AH6905. Sole Purpose Productions was formed in 1997 by co-artistic directors Dave Duggan and Patricia Byrne to illuminate social and public issues by bringing the discourse of theatrical imagination to bear on them. David Duggan and Sole Purpose Productions consciously work with the “application of the theatrical imagination to the politics of the peace process” in the tradition of the utopian space created in the drama of writers such as Stewart Parker and Anne Devlin. However, while the latter limit the dramaturgical options employed in their plays to merely transcending realism, and eschew didactic methods, Duggan’s plays reject realism for a more Brechtian didactic and expressionist theatre. The play AH6905 exposes the issue of truth recovery in the Northern Ireland Peace Process through the dramaturgical structure of a monologue. With a theatrical metaphor Dave Duggan expresses his hope that “the people of Northern Ireland themselves will take centre stage on the matter and the manner of truth recovery over the coming (Dave Duggan, Foreword to AH6905, p. 5). 202
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Caleidoscópio : Revista de Comunicação e Cultura
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COMUNICAÇÃO, COMUNICAÇÃO DE MASSAS, TEATRO, DUGGAN, DAVE, COMMUNICATION, MASS COMMUNICATION, THEATRE
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Urban , E K 2007 , ' Encenando o processo de paz no teatro contemporâneo da Irlanda do Norte: A obra AH6905 de Dave Duggan ' , Caleidoscópio : Revista de Comunicação e Cultura .