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Autore: |
Cousin Geraldine
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Titolo: |
Playing for time [[electronic resource] ] : stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre / / Geraldine Cousin
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Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-78170-097-4 |
1-84779-168-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910791953303321 |
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