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Steven Berkoff and the theatre of self-performance

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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.
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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.
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Price: £25.00
Pages: 256
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 29 January 2004
ISBN: 9780719062544
Format: Paperback
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PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Literary studies: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Theatre studies, Biography: arts and entertainment
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Robert Cross is Professor in the Institute for Language and Culture at Doshisha University, Kyoto

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