Title: Dramaturgy of the real on the world stage /
Authors: Martin, Carol, 1952-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Historical drama History and criticism.; Historical drama; Dramatists Interviews.; Realism in literature.; Politics in literature.; Dramatists; Historical drama; LITERARY CRITICISM General.; Performing Arts.; Politics in literature.; Realism in literature.; Theatre studies.; TRAVEL Special Interest Literary.
Abstract: "Documentary theatre is a form of theatre created from the verbatim use of interviews, photographs, and historical proceedings. This book brings together essays, interviews and performance texts, many published here for the first time, which describe and analyse documentary theatre around the world: both its history and its proliferation since 9/11"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Bodies of evidence / Carol Martin -- Toward a poetics of theatre and public events : in the case of Stephen Lawrence / Janelle Reinelt -- Staging terror / Wendy S. Hesford -- Post-1990s verbatim theatre in South Africa : exploring an African concept of "truth" / Yvette Hutchison -- Reality from the bottom up : documentary theatre in Poland / Agniewska Sowińska, translated by Benjamin Paloff -- The scripted realities of Rimini Protokoll / Florian Malzacher -- REwind : a cantata. Introduction to REwind : a cantata for voice, tape and testimony / Jessica Dubow ; REwind : a cantata for voice, tape and testimony / Philip Miller -- Is.man. Honor killing and the sensation of grace / Hans Dowit ; Is.man / Adelheid Roosen -- Three posters. Introduction / Rabih Mroué ; Three posters : a performance/video / Elias Khoury and Rabih Mroué, translated by Mona Abou Rayyan -- The files. The magic years of youth in dreary times, or theatre of the eighth day's view of itself, again during dreary times / Joanna Ostrowska, translated by Elżbieta Janicka ; The files / Teatr Ósmego Dnia, translated by Bill Johnston -- Don't be surprised when they come to burn your house down. Paweł Demirski : we're not hyenas : an interview / Paweł Sztarbowski, translated by Alissa Valles ; Don't be surprised when they come to burn your house down / Paweł Demirski, in collaboration with Paulina Murawska by Alissa Valles -- Excerpts from the plays of Vivi Tellas. Kidnapping reality : an interview with Vivi Tellas / Alan Pauls, translated by Sarah J. Townsend ; Excerpts from the plays of Vivi Tellas / Vivi Tellas, translated by Sarah J. Townsend -- Art, life & show-biz. An intimate love letter : Ain Gordon's Art, life & show-biz / Robert Vorlicky ; Art, life & show-biz / Ain Gordon.