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

• Autore: Cousin Geraldine
• 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.: 9910812841103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II