1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996390188203316

Autore

Kettlewell John <1653-1695.>

Titolo

Death made comfortable, or, The way to dye well [[electronic resource] ] : consisting of directions for an holy and an happy death : together with an office for the sick and for certain kinds of bodily illness, and for dying persons, and proper prayers upon the death of friends / / by John Kettlewell .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Robert Kettlewell ..., MDCXCV [1695]

Descrizione fisica

[3], xi, [1], 330, [14] p

Soggetti

Death

Devotional literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. [8] at end.

Advertisements: prelim. p. [1] and p. [9]-[14] at end.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791855403321

Autore

Bailes Sara Jane

Titolo

Performance theatre and the poetics of failure : forced entertainment, Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service / / Sara Jane Bailes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93243-7

1-283-03779-3

9786613037794

1-136-93244-5

0-203-84617-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

792.02/2

Soggetti

Experimental theater

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : failure and representation -- World(s) after a different image : Marxism, slapstick, punk -- Profane illumination : theatre and Forced Entertainment -- News from nowhere : Goat Island Performance Group -- Dislocations of practice : Elevator Repair Service -- Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

What does it mean to ""fail"" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental theatre companies Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Elevator Repair Service, addressing