Playing for time : Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre.
Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781847791689 1847791689 9781781700976 1781700974 |