Anna Furse

Performing Nerves

Four Plays, Four Essays, On Hysteria

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Produktbeschreibung

In Performing Nerves, Anna Furse interweaves her artistic and academic practice, drawing on her own performance texts to explore four different versions of debilitating hysteric suffering.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138389366
• ISBN-10: 1138389366
• Artikelnr.: 59363288

Autorenporträt

Anna Furse is Professor of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is Co-Director of the Centre of the Body and Director of the MA in Performance Making. A veteran award-winning theatre artist, she writes and produces her own works internationally, through commissions and co-productions. She is a published author of plays and theoretical writing; a frequent speaker at international conferences; and Artistic Director of her own production company, Athletes of the Heart: www.athletesoftheheart.org.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Foreword by Elaine Showalter
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Making a Drama Out of a Crisis: Augustine (Big Hysteria)
Chapter 2 What She Wants: Sea/Woman
Chapter 3 The Duty to Run Mad: SHOCKS
Chapter 4 Shapeshifting: Gorgeous
Conclusion
Index