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Brecht and post-1990s British drama : dialectical theatre today / / Anja Hartl
| Brecht and post-1990s British drama : dialectical theatre today / / Anja Hartl |
| Autore | Hartl Anja |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 822.9209 |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theatre History and Criticism Drama & Performance Studies European Theatre |
| ISBN |
9781350172814
1350172812 9781350172807 1350172804 9781350172791 1350172790 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. 'In-Yer-Face' Theatre and the Crisis of Dialectics: Mark Ravenhill's Post-Brechtian Drama in Anti-Dialectical Times -- 1.1 The Post-Brechtian Parable: Some Explicit Polaroids -- 1.2 Resisting the Banal Dialectic of (Counter-)Terrorism: Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat -- 1.3 Conclusion -- 2. Reimagining Brecht: David Greig's Theatre of Dissensus -- 2.1 Appropriating the Imagination in Dunsinane -- 2.2 Interrupting Empathy: The Events -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3. Strategic Naivety: The Dialectic of Sincerity in Andy Smith and Tim Crouch's Work -- 3.1 Post-Brechtian Meta-Theatre: all that is solid melts into air -- 3.2 The Limits of Sincerity: The Author -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4. Political Theatre Between Dialectics and Absurdity: Caryl Churchill's Twenty-First-Century Plays -- 4.1 Dystopian Negativity: Escaped Alone -- 4.2 Deconstructing the Dialectic: Here We Go -- 4.3 Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717411003321 |
Hartl Anja
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| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull
| Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull |
| Autore | Turnbull Olivia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792.094109049 |
| Collana | Changing Media, Changing Europe |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786612035128
1-84150-266-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate Theatre
Part Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454111303321 |
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Turnbull Olivia
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| Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull
| Bringing down the house [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in Britain's regional theatres / / Olivia Turnbull |
| Autore | Turnbull Olivia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792.094109049 |
| Collana | Changing Media, Changing Europe |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Theater - Political aspects - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
9786612035128
1-84150-266-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate Theatre
Part Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782441303321 |
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Turnbull Olivia
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| Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey
| British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
| Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
| Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-89982-3
1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTING CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN: ANGER, AFFLUENCE AND HEGEMONY; Consensus and hegemony; 1953 and 1956: a comparison of two cultural moments; A contemporary theatre: looking back at 'Anger'; Contesting hegemony: theatre and anti-consensual politics; INSTITUTIONS AND AUDIENCES; Opening up the processes of theatrical production: the English Stage Company and Theatre Workshop; The New Wave and its audiences; The metropolitanising of culture; REALISM, CLASS AND CULTURE; Social realism, social extension and hegemony
The uses of culture: Working-Class Realism and social science'The worst social injustice since slavery': social realism and 'cultural deprivation'; 'An art that establishes values': Wesker's Roots and Chips with Everything; 'Only in her own home is she free': countering domestic consensus: A Taste of Honey and Each His Own Wilderness; 'BEYOND NATURALISM PURE': REALISM, NATURALISM AND THE NEW WAVE; Naturalism and realism; Reworking the realist tradition from within: The Entertainer, The Kitchen, Chips with Everything and The Quare Fellow; Naturalism and poetic realism at the Royal Court Realism against naturalism: the case of television REDEFINING REALISM; Popular theatre and libertarianism: the political aesthetic of John Arden; Theatre Workshop and the popular; Harold Pinter and social realism; The wastelands of affluence: Edward Bond's The Pope's Wedding and Saved; Brecht, history and realism; THE TWO NEW WAVES: REALISM IN THEATRE AND FILM; Play-to-film: the use of space in New Wave films; New Wave cinema and poetic realism; The changing context of social realism; The representation of women and gender relationships in New Wave films; IN CONCLUSION: THE 1960's NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455128403321 |
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Lacey Stephen <1952-, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey
| British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
| Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
| Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
| ISBN |
1-134-89981-5
1-134-89982-3 1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTING CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN: ANGER, AFFLUENCE AND HEGEMONY; Consensus and hegemony; 1953 and 1956: a comparison of two cultural moments; A contemporary theatre: looking back at 'Anger'; Contesting hegemony: theatre and anti-consensual politics; INSTITUTIONS AND AUDIENCES; Opening up the processes of theatrical production: the English Stage Company and Theatre Workshop; The New Wave and its audiences; The metropolitanising of culture; REALISM, CLASS AND CULTURE; Social realism, social extension and hegemony
The uses of culture: Working-Class Realism and social science'The worst social injustice since slavery': social realism and 'cultural deprivation'; 'An art that establishes values': Wesker's Roots and Chips with Everything; 'Only in her own home is she free': countering domestic consensus: A Taste of Honey and Each His Own Wilderness; 'BEYOND NATURALISM PURE': REALISM, NATURALISM AND THE NEW WAVE; Naturalism and realism; Reworking the realist tradition from within: The Entertainer, The Kitchen, Chips with Everything and The Quare Fellow; Naturalism and poetic realism at the Royal Court Realism against naturalism: the case of television REDEFINING REALISM; Popular theatre and libertarianism: the political aesthetic of John Arden; Theatre Workshop and the popular; Harold Pinter and social realism; The wastelands of affluence: Edward Bond's The Pope's Wedding and Saved; Brecht, history and realism; THE TWO NEW WAVES: REALISM IN THEATRE AND FILM; Play-to-film: the use of space in New Wave films; New Wave cinema and poetic realism; The changing context of social realism; The representation of women and gender relationships in New Wave films; IN CONCLUSION: THE 1960's NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778878703321 |
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Lacey Stephen <1952-, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey
| British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / / Stephen Lacey |
| Autore | Lacey Stephen <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792/.0941 |
| Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Realism in literature |
| ISBN |
1-134-89981-5
1-134-89982-3 1-280-32620-4 0-203-18113-1 0-203-18062-3 0-415-24579-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTING CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN: ANGER, AFFLUENCE AND HEGEMONY; Consensus and hegemony; 1953 and 1956: a comparison of two cultural moments; A contemporary theatre: looking back at 'Anger'; Contesting hegemony: theatre and anti-consensual politics; INSTITUTIONS AND AUDIENCES; Opening up the processes of theatrical production: the English Stage Company and Theatre Workshop; The New Wave and its audiences; The metropolitanising of culture; REALISM, CLASS AND CULTURE; Social realism, social extension and hegemony
The uses of culture: Working-Class Realism and social science'The worst social injustice since slavery': social realism and 'cultural deprivation'; 'An art that establishes values': Wesker's Roots and Chips with Everything; 'Only in her own home is she free': countering domestic consensus: A Taste of Honey and Each His Own Wilderness; 'BEYOND NATURALISM PURE': REALISM, NATURALISM AND THE NEW WAVE; Naturalism and realism; Reworking the realist tradition from within: The Entertainer, The Kitchen, Chips with Everything and The Quare Fellow; Naturalism and poetic realism at the Royal Court Realism against naturalism: the case of television REDEFINING REALISM; Popular theatre and libertarianism: the political aesthetic of John Arden; Theatre Workshop and the popular; Harold Pinter and social realism; The wastelands of affluence: Edward Bond's The Pope's Wedding and Saved; Brecht, history and realism; THE TWO NEW WAVES: REALISM IN THEATRE AND FILM; Play-to-film: the use of space in New Wave films; New Wave cinema and poetic realism; The changing context of social realism; The representation of women and gender relationships in New Wave films; IN CONCLUSION: THE 1960's NEW DEFINITIONS OF 'WHAT BRITAIN IS LIKE' Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910970039403321 |
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Lacey Stephen <1952->
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams
| British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
| Autore | Williams Gordon <1935-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792/.0941/09041 |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-29840-9
9786611298401 1-84714-128-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451125203321 |
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Williams Gordon <1935->
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| New York, : Continuum, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams
| British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
| Autore | Williams Gordon <1935-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 792/.0941/09041 |
| Soggetto topico |
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
| ISBN |
1-281-29840-9
9786611298401 1-84714-128-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784980103321 |
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Williams Gordon <1935->
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| New York, : Continuum, 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British and Irish drama / / Nadine Holdsworth, Mary Luckhurst
| A concise companion to contemporary British and Irish drama / / Nadine Holdsworth, Mary Luckhurst |
| Autore | Holdsworth Nadine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.91409 |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-73907-8
1-4051-7749-7 1-281-06920-5 9786611069209 0-470-76612-3 1-78268-434-4 0-470-69098-4 |
| Classificazione |
24.10
18.05 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Nadine Holdsworth and Mary Luckhurst; Part I National Politics and Identities; Chapter 1 Europe in Flux: Exploring Revolution and Migration in British Plays of the 1990s Geoff Willcocks; Chapter 2 'I'll See You Yesterday': Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and the Captivating Past Claire Gleitman; Chapter 3 Black British Drama and the Politics of Identity D. Keith Peacock; Chapter 4 Northern Irish Drama: Speaking the Peace Tom Maguire; Part II Sites, Cities and Landscapes
Chapter 5 The Production of 'Site': Site-Specific Theatre Fiona WilkieChapter 6 Staging an Urban Nation: Place and Identity in Contemporary Welsh Theatre Heike Roms; Chapter 7 The Landscape of Contemporary Scottish Drama: Place, Politics and Identity Nadine Holdsworth; Part III The Body, Text and the Real; Chapter 8 The Body's Cruel Joke: The Comic Theatre of Sarah Kane Ken Urban; Chapter 9 Physical Theatre: Complicite and the Question of Authority Helen Freshwater; Chapter 10 Verbatim Theatre, Media Relations and Ethics Mary Luckhurst; Part IV Science, Ethics and New Technologies Chapter 11 Theatre and Science David HigginsChapter 12 From the State of the Nation to Globalization: Shifting Political Agendas in Contemporary British Playwriting Dan Rebellato; Chapter 13 Theatre for a Media-Saturated Age Sarah Gorman; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141515303321 |
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Holdsworth Nadine
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| Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A concise companion to contemporary British and Irish drama / / Nadine Holdsworth, Mary Luckhurst
| A concise companion to contemporary British and Irish drama / / Nadine Holdsworth, Mary Luckhurst |
| Autore | Holdsworth Nadine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.91409 |
| Collana | Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-118-73907-8
1-4051-7749-7 1-281-06920-5 9786611069209 0-470-76612-3 1-78268-434-4 0-470-69098-4 |
| Classificazione |
24.10
18.05 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Nadine Holdsworth and Mary Luckhurst; Part I National Politics and Identities; Chapter 1 Europe in Flux: Exploring Revolution and Migration in British Plays of the 1990s Geoff Willcocks; Chapter 2 'I'll See You Yesterday': Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and the Captivating Past Claire Gleitman; Chapter 3 Black British Drama and the Politics of Identity D. Keith Peacock; Chapter 4 Northern Irish Drama: Speaking the Peace Tom Maguire; Part II Sites, Cities and Landscapes
Chapter 5 The Production of 'Site': Site-Specific Theatre Fiona WilkieChapter 6 Staging an Urban Nation: Place and Identity in Contemporary Welsh Theatre Heike Roms; Chapter 7 The Landscape of Contemporary Scottish Drama: Place, Politics and Identity Nadine Holdsworth; Part III The Body, Text and the Real; Chapter 8 The Body's Cruel Joke: The Comic Theatre of Sarah Kane Ken Urban; Chapter 9 Physical Theatre: Complicite and the Question of Authority Helen Freshwater; Chapter 10 Verbatim Theatre, Media Relations and Ethics Mary Luckhurst; Part IV Science, Ethics and New Technologies Chapter 11 Theatre and Science David HigginsChapter 12 From the State of the Nation to Globalization: Shifting Political Agendas in Contemporary British Playwriting Dan Rebellato; Chapter 13 Theatre for a Media-Saturated Age Sarah Gorman; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996206788703316 |
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Holdsworth Nadine
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| Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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