Theatre of the Real [electronic resource] /
Martin, Carol J.,author.
This book proposes a new way to consider theatre and performance that claims a special relationship to reality, truth and authenticity. It documents innovations in devising and staging theatre and performance that takes reality as its subject, cultural shifts that have generated theatre of the real, some of its problems and some possibilities.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Theatre of the Real: An Overview; 2 The Theatricalization of Public and Private Life; Acting as witnessing and testimony: The Serpent; The personal is political: Coming Out!; Mise-en-scène and nonmatrixed acting: Southern Exposure; Autobiography, biography, and interviews: Rumstick Road; 3 After the Fact: Memory, Experience, Technology; September 11th; History of the World - Part Eleven; Kamp; 4 Apart from the Document: Representation of Jews and Jewishness; The Survivor and the Translator
Annulla (An Autobiography)Fires in the Mirror; Via Dolorosa; The Human Scale; 5 Occupying Public Space; Rachel Corrie on the Internet; The play; The trials; New York Theatre Workshop: censorship and protest; 6 Seems Like I Can See Him Sometimes; Surrender; House/Divided; The Pixelated Revolution; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book proposes a new way to consider theatre and performance that claims a special relationship to reality, truth and authenticity. It documents innovations in devising and staging theatre and performance that takes reality as its subject, cultural shifts that have generated theatre of the real, some of its problems and some possibilities.
Performing arts.
Theater.
Theater—History.
Arts.
Performing Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Theatre History.
Arts.