Death in Modern Theatre : Stages of Mortality Hardback
by Adrian Curtin
Part of the Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance series
Hardback
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Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work.
It investigates the opportunities theatre affords to reflect on the end of life in a compelling and socially meaningful fashion. In a series of interrelated, mostly chronological, micronarratives beginning in the late nineteenth century and ending in the early twenty-first century, this book considers how and why death and dying are represented at certain historical moments using dramaturgy and aesthetics that challenge audiences’ conceptions, sensibilities, and sense-making faculties.
It includes a mix of well-known and lesser-known plays from an international range of dramatists and theatre-makers, and offers original interpretations through close reading and performance analysis. -- .
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 16 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:15/02/2019
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- ISBN:9781526124708
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 16 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:15/02/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526124708
