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Johnston Kirsty |
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Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / / Kirsty Johnston |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical Companions Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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People with disabilities in literature |
Modernism (Literature) |
Drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Organization of the Work; PART I CRITICAL SURVEY OF DISABILITY THEATRE AESTHETICS, POLITICS, AND PRACTICES; CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS DISABILITY THEATRE?; Disability arts and culture; Disability theatre; Keywords; CHAPTER 2 CRITICAL EMBODIMENT AND CASTING; Embodying realism; CHAPTER 3 STAGING INCLUSION; CHAPTER 4 INHERITED PLAYS AND NEW APPROACHES; Graeae Theatre Company: Origins; Graeae's Blood Wedding; Graeae's The Threepenny Opera; Theatre Workshop Scotland and Beckett's Endgame |
ConclusionPART II CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 5 "EVERY MAN HIS SPECIALTY": BECKETT, DISABILITY, AND DEPENDENCE; I "To decompose is to live, too"; II "What a curse, mobility!"; III "No more nature"; IV Dependent rational animals; CHAPTER 6 RECLAIMING THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY BODY: OR, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE FOR LITERARY DISABILITY STUDIES; CHAPTER 7 ACCESS AESTHETICS AND MODERN DRAMA: AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNY SEALEY ON GRAEAE THEATRE COMPANY'S THE THREEPENNY OPERA AND BLOOD WEDDING; CHAPTER 8 SHATTERING THE GLASS MENAGERIE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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