Theatre History and Historiography [electronic resource] : Ethics, Evidence and Truth /
Cochrane, Claire.author.
Robinson, Joanna.editor.
This collection of essays explores how historians of theatre apply ethical thinking to the attempt to truthfully represent their subject - whether that be the life of a well-known performer, or the little known history of colonial theatre in India - by exploring the process by which such histories are written, and the challenges they raise.
Based on essays presented at the a meeting of the TaPRA History and Historiography Working Group convened on the topic of "Ethics and Evidence" at Birmingham University in 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Claire Cochrane and Jo Robinson: Introduction -- Re-writing (master) narratives. David Roberts: Writing the ethical life: theatrical biography and the case of Thomas Betterton -- Rosemarie Bank : Ethics and bias: historiography and anti-theatrical prejudice in nineteenth-century America -- Viv Gardner: In the eye of the beholder: recognising and renegotiating the scenario in writing performance histories -- "Other" histories. Katherine Newey: Feminist historiography and ethics: a case study from Victorian Britain -- Poonam Trivedi: Garrison theatre in colonial India: issues of variation -- Claire Cochrane: Facing the face of the other: the case of the Nia Centre -- The ethics of evidence. Alison Jeffers: Collecting and re-collecting: the challenges and possibilities of developing a social archive in post-conflict Northern Ireland -- Heike Roms: Mind the gaps: evidencing performance and performing evidence in performance art history.
This collection of essays explores how historians of theatre apply ethical thinking to the attempt to truthfully represent their subject - whether that be the life of a well-known performer, or the little known history of colonial theatre in India - by exploring the process by which such histories are written, and the challenges they raise.
Performing arts.
Theater—History.
Arts.
Theater.
Historiography.
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Historiography and Method.