Andras Visky’s Barrack Dramaturgy: Memories of the Body : Memories of the Body Paperback / softback

Edited by Jozefina (University of the Arts London, UK) Komporaly

Part of the Playtext series

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Description

Widely considered one of the most innovative voices in Hungarian theatre, AndrÃ¡s Visky has enjoyed growing audiences and increased critical acclaim over the last fifteen years.

Nonetheless, his plays have yet to reach a wider English-language audience.

This volume, edited by Jozefina Komporaly, begins to correct this by bringing together a translated collection of Viskyâ€™s work. The book includes the first English-language anthology of Viskyâ€™s best known plays â€“ Juliet, I Killed My Mother, and Porn â€“ as well as critical analysis and an exploration of Viskyâ€™s 'Barrack Dramaturgy', a dramaturgical theory in which he considers the theatre as a space for exploring feelings of cultural and personal captivity.

Inspired by personal experience of the oppressive communist regime in Romania, Viskyâ€™s work explores the themes of gender, justice and trauma, encouraging shared moments of remembrance and collective memory.

This collection makes use of scripts and directorâ€™s notes, as well as interviews with creative teams behind the productions, to reveal a holistic, insiderâ€™s view of Viskyâ€™s artistic vision.

Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from this rare, English-language collection of Viskyâ€™s work and dramaturgy.