Images of Violence in Complicite

Abstrakt

In British theatre of the last three
decades, we observe a significant shift from
the more verbal, playwright-focused model of
theatre whose meanings are determined primarily
by the literary concept of drama to the
one which exercises more profoundly artistic
autonomy of theatre. Complicite is one of the
leading theatre companies that are responsible
for this shift. In the performances of Complicite,
the theme of violence has been explored
frequently. The whole variety of theatre
devices were employed in depicting images of
violence. The article discusses plays such as
Mnemonic, The Street of Crocodiles, Measure
for Measure and The Master and Margarita,
A Disappearing Number, Shun-kin and The
Encounter and mentions others.
Keywords: Complicite, Simon
McBurney, Mnemonic, The Encounter, violence,
theatre studies, communication, semiotics