中文摘要：

20世纪八、九十年代,英国戏剧界面临经费紧缺的困境和商品化趋势的冲击,戏剧的文化根基也受到破坏,危机日益深化。这场危机发生在撒切尔—梅杰执政期间,保守党政权的经济、文化政策是导致其发生的根本原因。英国剧坛的危机表明,戏剧艺术不可能超脱于政治现实之外,当代英国戏剧的发展在相当程度上为现行的政治秩序所左右。

英文摘要：

The British theatre found itself in a state of crisis during the late-twentieth-century ThatcherMajor administrations, threatened by severe fund shortage, the trend of commodification, and the undermining of its cultural infrastructure. The primary cause of the crisis lies in the economic and cultural policies practiced by the ruling Conservative Party. The history of the crisis illustrates that the contemporary British theatre does not stand aloof from politics, but is constantly under the sway of the concurrent political order.