Abstract This article explores the ways theatre might inspire a critique of what is arguably most pressing about contemporary neoliberalization—its operation at the level of subjectivity to reform society. The focus in this is Simon Stephens and his play Birdland (2014). Working from extant scholarship that connects Stephens’s work to neoliberalism, the article locates the playwright and his work in relation to a specific history of neoliberalization in Britain and argues that Birdland is a timely political drama because it hones in on certain features and affects of neoliberalization, doing so in ways that open a space for engaging critically with key problems engendered by contemporary capitalism.

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西蒙·斯蒂芬斯、伯德兰和新自由主义化的一些影响

摘要 本文探讨了戏剧可能如何激发对当代新自由主义最紧迫的批评——它在改革社会的主体性层面上的运作。这方面的重点是西蒙斯蒂芬斯和他的戏剧《鸟地》（2014）。这篇文章利用将斯蒂芬斯的作品与新自由主义联系起来的现有学术研究，将这位剧作家及其作品与英国新自由化的具体历史联系起来，并认为《鸟园》是一部适时的政治剧，因为它磨练了新自由主义的某些特征和影响，这样做的方式为批判性地处理当代资本主义产生的关键问题开辟了空间。