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Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture /
"Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White' details the rejection of two Patrick White plays - 'The Ham Funeral' and 'Night on Bald Mountain"--By the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in the early 1960s
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Anthem studies in theatre and performance.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter Int-5; Introduction; Founding a Festival; Dramatis Personae; The Scene; Governing Culture; Notes; Chapter 1 The Archive, Governance and Sovereignty; The Archives; Not Censoring, Rejecting; Risk; A Climate of Censorship; Governors and Governance; Sovereignty; Notes; Chapter 2 'Words Fail Me': The Ham Funeral and the 1962 Adelaide Festival; The Archives: Folders Tied with Ribbon; Reading The Ham Funeral: A Play in Two Acts
- The Idea of Staging The Ham FuneralA Distinguished Australian Author; Widening the Discussion: Expert Reviews; Majority and Minority Reports; Majority Report; Minority Report; 'As for the Abortion in the Dust Bin ... Really, Words Fail Me'; The Aftermath; Anti-theatricalism; Notes; Chapter 3 Night on Bald Mountain and the 1964 Adelaide Festival; 'The Mountain ... It Traps People'; Aesthetics of the Occult; In the Archive: The Proposal, the Negotiations and the Rejection of Night on Bald Mountain; The Board of Governors: Deciding the Fate of Night on Bald Mountain; Notes
- Chapter 4 The 'Clowns' Who 'Cling to The Past': A Sovereign Decision and the Practice of Exclusion'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'; The 'Clowns' Who 'Cling to the Past'; Decision Making and Sovereignty; The Politics of Discourse; Governing Culture: Contemporary Disputes; Friends and Enemies; Notes; Chapter 5 The Sovereignty of the Plays and Opportunities for New Publics; Notes; End Matter; Index