Howard Barker interviews, 1980-2010 [[electronic resource] ] : conversations in catastrophe / / edited by Mark Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826131703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol [England] ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-16281-4; 9786613162816; 1-84150-523-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarkerHoward; BrownMark
• Disciplina: 823/.914
• Soggetti: 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Interviews; Notes; Notes on Contributors; A Barker Reading List; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: British playwright Howard Barker coined the term "theatre of catastrophe" to describe his unique brand of complex, poetic, ambiguous, and often unsettling drama. Revered by many - not least in continental Europe, North America and Australia - as one of the greatest living dramatists in the English language, Barker is also a celebrated poet, theater theorist and painter. The first collection of interviews conducted with Barker throughout his illustrious career, Howard Barker Interviews 1980-2010: Conversations in Catastrophe, gives a strong sense of the life and work of this innovative dramatis