Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / / Kirsty Johnston
| Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / / Kirsty Johnston |
| Autore | Johnston Kirsty |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792 |
| Collana | Critical Companions Series |
| Soggetto topico |
People with disabilities in literature
Modernism (Literature) Drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4725-0638-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Organization of the Work; PART I CRITICAL SURVEY OF DISABILITY THEATRE AESTHETICS, POLITICS, AND PRACTICES; CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS DISABILITY THEATRE?; Disability arts and culture; Disability theatre; Keywords; CHAPTER 2 CRITICAL EMBODIMENT AND CASTING; Embodying realism; CHAPTER 3 STAGING INCLUSION; CHAPTER 4 INHERITED PLAYS AND NEW APPROACHES; Graeae Theatre Company: Origins; Graeae's Blood Wedding; Graeae's The Threepenny Opera; Theatre Workshop Scotland and Beckett's Endgame
ConclusionPART II CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 5 "EVERY MAN HIS SPECIALTY": BECKETT, DISABILITY, AND DEPENDENCE; I "To decompose is to live, too"; II "What a curse, mobility!"; III "No more nature"; IV Dependent rational animals; CHAPTER 6 RECLAIMING THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY BODY: OR, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE FOR LITERARY DISABILITY STUDIES; CHAPTER 7 ACCESS AESTHETICS AND MODERN DRAMA: AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNY SEALEY ON GRAEAE THEATRE COMPANY'S THE THREEPENNY OPERA AND BLOOD WEDDING; CHAPTER 8 SHATTERING THE GLASS MENAGERIE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798184703321 |
Johnston Kirsty
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| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / / Kirsty Johnston
| Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / / Kirsty Johnston |
| Autore | Johnston Kirsty |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792 |
| Collana | Critical Companions Series |
| Soggetto topico |
People with disabilities in literature
Modernism (Literature) Drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4725-0638-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Organization of the Work; PART I CRITICAL SURVEY OF DISABILITY THEATRE AESTHETICS, POLITICS, AND PRACTICES; CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS DISABILITY THEATRE?; Disability arts and culture; Disability theatre; Keywords; CHAPTER 2 CRITICAL EMBODIMENT AND CASTING; Embodying realism; CHAPTER 3 STAGING INCLUSION; CHAPTER 4 INHERITED PLAYS AND NEW APPROACHES; Graeae Theatre Company: Origins; Graeae's Blood Wedding; Graeae's The Threepenny Opera; Theatre Workshop Scotland and Beckett's Endgame
ConclusionPART II CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 5 "EVERY MAN HIS SPECIALTY": BECKETT, DISABILITY, AND DEPENDENCE; I "To decompose is to live, too"; II "What a curse, mobility!"; III "No more nature"; IV Dependent rational animals; CHAPTER 6 RECLAIMING THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY BODY: OR, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE FOR LITERARY DISABILITY STUDIES; CHAPTER 7 ACCESS AESTHETICS AND MODERN DRAMA: AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNY SEALEY ON GRAEAE THEATRE COMPANY'S THE THREEPENNY OPERA AND BLOOD WEDDING; CHAPTER 8 SHATTERING THE GLASS MENAGERIE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809053203321 |
Johnston Kirsty
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| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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