LEADER 02816oam 2200661I 450 001 9910791855403321 005 20230725020947.0 010 $a1-136-93243-7 010 $a1-283-03779-3 010 $a9786613037794 010 $a1-136-93244-5 010 $a0-203-84617-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203846179 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061650 035 $a(EBL)668438 035 $a(OCoLC)707068761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12212179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10433006 035 $a(PQKB)10908237 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647132 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12312061 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647132 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593206 035 $a(PQKB)10946412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL668438 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452335 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL303779 035 $a(OCoLC)712654688 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061650 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerformance theatre and the poetics of failure $eforced entertainment, Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service /$fSara Jane Bailes 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-58565-1 311 $a0-415-49099-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : failure and representation -- World(s) after a different image : Marxism, slapstick, punk -- Profane illumination : theatre and Forced Entertainment -- News from nowhere : Goat Island Performance Group -- Dislocations of practice : Elevator Repair Service -- Afterword. 330 $aWhat does it mean to ""fail"" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental theatre companies Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Elevator Repair Service, addressing 606 $aExperimental theater 615 0$aExperimental theater. 676 $a792.02/2 700 $aBailes$b Sara Jane.$01546890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791855403321 996 $aPerformance theatre and the poetics of failure$93802765 997 $aUNINA