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French theatre today : the view from New York, Paris, and Avignon /

In 2005 literary and film critic Edward Turk immersed himself in New York City's ACT FRENCH festival, a bold effort to enhance American contact with the contemporary French stage. This dizzying crash course on numerous aspects of current French theatre paved the way for six months of theatregoi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Turk, Edward Baron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • New York. Border-crossings
  • Star power, Gallic style
  • Three fresh voices
  • From dialogue to parole
  • Edgy and cool
  • Paris. Great classics revisited
  • Boulevard, experimental, and in-between
  • Three prodigious artists
  • Cultural diversity (I): ethnicities
  • Cultural diversity (II): operas and circuses
  • Avignon. A festival turns sixty
  • Recap and coda : French theatre tomorrow.