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Playing for time : stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre / / Geraldine Cousin



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Autore: Cousin Geraldine Visualizza persona
Titolo: Playing for time : stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre / / Geraldine Cousin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
Disciplina: 808.8037
Soggetto topico: English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
English drama - 20th century - Themes, motives
Missing children
Soggetto non controllato: An Inspector Calls
Beslan massacre
Far Away
Frozen
Hecuba
Soham murders
fictional time
historical moment
lost children
theatre time
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 The collapsing house; 2 Past present: dramatisations of 'return'; 3 Enter the revenant; 4 Nunc Instantis: Arcadia and Copenhagen; 5 Stories of lost futures; 6 The Skriker's progeny; 7 Blood sacrifice; 8 Daughters' tales; 9 Coram Boy: a final story; Bibliography; Index;
Sommario/riassunto: Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe
Titolo autorizzato: Playing for time  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78170-097-4
1-84779-168-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812841103321
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