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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822624003321

Autore

Rapti Vassiliki

Titolo

Ludics in surrealist theatre and beyond [[electronic resource] /] / Vassiliki Rapti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2013

ISBN

1-315-59308-4

1-317-10308-4

1-4724-1226-5

1-299-18424-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Ashgate studies in surrealism

Disciplina

809.2/91163

Soggetti

Theater - History - 20th century

Experimental theater

Surrealism (Literature)

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: Does surrealist theatre exist? -- The surrealist game "one into another" in Nadja and Les Détraquées: reconstructing André Breton's Ludic dramatic theory -- Staging "mad love" in the théâtre Alfred Garry: Breton's Ludic dramatic theory in practice -- Staging child's play in Roger Vitrac's victor or children in power: between Paidia and Ludus -- Playing with language: Antonin Artaud's Paidia and Robert Wilson's Ludus -- Mimicry and post-surrealist Ludics in Megan Terry's "Theatre of transformations".

Sommario/riassunto

This study reconsiders Surrealist theatre specifically from the perspective of ludics-a poetics of play and games-an ideal approach to the Surrealists, whose games blur the boundaries between the 'playful' and the 'serious.' Beginning with the Surrealists' 'one-into-another' game and its illustration of Breton's ludic dramatic theory, Rapti examines the traces of this kind of game in the works of a wide variety of Surrealist and Post-Surrealist playwrights and stage directors.