David Greig: Küresel Sorunlara Bölgesel Yanıtlar

Yıl 2009, Sayı: 22, 69 - 79, 01.12.2009

DİLEK İnan

Öz

İngiltere‟ye parallel olarak, geçtiğimiz on yılda, İskoçya‟da pek çok tiyatro oyunu
yazılmıştır. Bu çalışma uluslararası tiyatro alanında başarı göstermiş „yeni dönem‟ İskoç oyun
yazarı David Greig ve 1999 yılında yazdığı The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He
Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union isimli oyununa dikkat çekmektedir. Greig, İskoçya‟da
sanat adına büyük adım atan yeni dönem oyun yazarlarını temsil ederken, günümüz küresel
sorunlarını bölgesel yaklaşımlarla çözmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

David Greig, İskoçya tiyatrosu, İngiliz tiyatrosu, 1990‟lar yeni dönem oyun yazarları, cosmonaut

DAVID GREIG: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND REGIONAL RESPONSES

Öz

Parallel to the UK, the last decade in Scotland has been a remarkably productive period for new writing for the stage thus this paper draws the attention to a Scottish playwright David Greig who has become an international success before long and his play The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union (1999) which exemplifies the flourishing artistic practice in Scotland as a regional response in an age of global challenges.

Anahtar Kelimeler

David Greig, Scottish drama, English drama, new wave playwrights in the 1990s, cosmonaut

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