num_pages: 200
description: This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God , The Elephant Man , 'night Mother , and Wit , as well as an original play by James McDonald.
language: English
title: Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre
titlecomplete: Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre (Studies in Modern Drama)
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Routledge