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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811431003321

Titolo

Performing new lives : prison theatre / / edited by Jonathan Shailor ; forward by Evelyn Ploumis-Devick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011

ISBN

1-283-90535-3

0-85700-288-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShailorJonathan

Ploumis-DevickEvelyn

Disciplina

365/.668

365.668

Soggetti

Prison theater - United States

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. "To Know My Deed": Finding Salvation through Shakespeare; 3. Rehabilitation Through the Arts at Sing Sing: Drama in the Big House; 4. 59 Places: Dance/Theatre in the Hampshire Jail; 5. Time In: Transforming Identity Inside and Out; 6. The Buckle on the Bible Belt; 7. From the Meanest Creature: Theatre as a Vehicle for Change; 8. Faith, Hope, and "Sweet Love Re-Membered": "Restoration" Theatre in Kansas Prisons; 9. Fabulous Females: Secrets,Stories, and Hope: Guarding and Guiding Girls Beyond the Barbed Wire Fence

10. Living with Life: The Theater of Witness as a Model of Healing and Redemption11. Prison Theatre and the Promise of Reintegration; 12. Sculpting Empowerment: Theatre in a Juvenile Facility and Beyond; 13. The Keeper of the Keys; 14. Revisiting Sacred Spaces; 15. The Inmates, the Actors, the Characters, the Audience, and the Poet Are of Imagination All Compact; 16. "Their Minds Transfigured So Together": Imaginative Transformation and Transcendence in A Midsummer Night's Dream; 17. A Conversation with the Authors: Prison Theatre Artists in Dialogue; The Contributors; Subject Index

Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Performing New Lives draws together some of the most original and



innovative programs in contemporary prison theatre. Leading prison theatre directors and practitioners discuss the prison theatre experience first-hand, and offer valuable insights. It is essential reading for drama therapists, theatre artists, prison educators and academics.