Abstract Since the start of the new millennia, the words ‘national crisis’ have not been far removed from many of the plays on the British stage. The aftermath of 9/11 and the British government’s decision to aid George Bush’s Middle East invasion plans sparked plays by David Hare, Roy Williams, and the Tricycle Theatre’s The Great Game as well as verbatim theatre pieces. The Great Recession unleashed works by David Hare (again), Laura Wade, and Lucy Prebble, among others. The increasing threats of floods across Great Britain and Europe placed the crisis of climate change front and centre in plays by Mike Bartlett and Steve Waters. The housing crisis, while not as provocative a theatrical topic as the ones above, has also inspired theatrical responses, including Mike Bartlett’s Game and Philip Ridley’s Radiant Vermin, and these two works are the focus of my paper. More specifically, I will examine each playwright’s focus on the role of the homeless in regards to the housing crisis. Interestingly, both playwrights posit that the victimization of the homeless is the crucial solution to not only solving the housing crisis in Britain, but also maintaining the status quo of Britain’s affluent population.

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在 Mike Bartlett 的游戏和 Philip Ridley 的 Radiant Vermin 中戏剧化的全国住房危机

摘要 进入新千年以来，英国舞台上的许多戏剧中，“国家危机”一词并没有远离。9/11 的后果和英国政府决定帮助乔治·布什的中东入侵计划引发了大卫·黑尔、罗伊·威廉姆斯和三轮车剧院的“伟大的游戏”以及逐字逐字的戏剧作品。大衰退释放了大卫·黑尔（再次）、劳拉·韦德和露西·普雷布尔等人的作品。英国和欧洲日益严重的洪水威胁将气候变化危机置于 Mike Bartlett 和 Steve Waters 的戏剧中。住房危机虽然不像上述那样是一个戏剧性的话题，但也激发了戏剧性的反应，包括 Mike Bartlett 的 Game 和 Philip Ridley 的 Radiant Vermin，而这两部作品正是我论文的重点。更具体地说，我将研究每位剧作家对无家可归者在住房危机中的作用的关注。有趣的是，两位剧作家都认为，无家可归者的受害不仅是解决英国住房危机的关键，也是维持英国富裕人口现状的关键。