Adrian Curtin

Death in modern theatre (eBook, ePUB)

Stages of mortality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work. It investigates the opportunities theatre affords to reflect on the end of life in a compelling and socially meaningful fashion. In a series of interrelated, mostly chronological, micronarratives beginning in the late nineteenth century and ending in the early twenty-first century, this book considers how and why death and dying are represented at certain historical moments using dramaturgy and aesthetics that challenge audiences' conceptions, sensibilities, and sense-making faculties. It includes a mix of well-known and lesser-known plays from an international range of dramatists and theatre-makers, and offers original interpretations through close reading and performance analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: United Methodist Publishing House
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526124722
• Artikelnr.: 57497606

Autorenporträt

Adrian Curtin is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: stages of mortality 1 Beyond the veil: sensing death in
symbolist theatre 2 Fantastical representations of death in First World War
drama 3 The absurd drama of modern death denial 4 Theatres of catastrophe
after Auschwitz and Hiroshima 5 The drama of dying in the early
twenty-first century Conclusion: unending References Index