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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823294303321

Autore

Flynn Molly Brigid

Titolo

Witness onstage : documentary theatre in twenty-first-century Russia / / Molly Flynn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-5261-2621-4

1-5261-5045-X

1-5261-2620-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 pages)

Collana

Theatre : theory, practice, performance

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

792.09470905

Soggetti

Theater - Russia (Federation) - History - 21st century

Theater and state - Russia (Federation) - History - 21st century

Theater - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Called to the stand : the origins of Russian documentary theatre -- History on trial : performing memory in twenty-first-century Russia -- Evidentiary hearing : the pursuit of justice in Russian documentary theatre -- Material witness : history, belief, and the theatre of enactment -- Burden of proof : new sincerity and the performance of post-Soviet national identities -- A special verdict : theatre and protest in Putin's Russia.

Sommario/riassunto

'Witness Onstage' is a detailed study of the remarkable growth of documentary theatre forms in Russian since the early 2000s. It draws on the author's work as a performer, producer, and researcher of documentary theatre both in Russia and internationally to provide new perspective on the mechanics of theatre as a venue for civic engagement.