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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 c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Curtin, Adrian, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Series:Theatre (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
1800-2099
Death in the theater.
Drama > 21st century > History and criticism.
Drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Mort au théâtre.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Direction & Production.
Death in the theater
Drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction: Stages of mortality; Beyond the veil: sensing death in symbolist theatre; Fantastical representations of death in First World War drama; The absurd drama of modern death denial; Theatres of catastrophe after Auschwitz and Hiroshima; The drama of dying in the early twenty-first century; Conclusion: Unending; References; Index

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