The dramaturgy of the real on the world stage
By: edited by Carol Martin.
Contributors: Martin, Carol, 1952-
Series: Studies in international performance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230220546
Subjects: Historical drama -- 20th century -- History  and criticism; Historical drama -- 20th century; Dramatists -- 20th century -- Interviews; Realism in literature; Politics in literature
Genres: Interviews
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: The Dramaturgy of the Real / C.Martin; title: ESSAYS. Towards a Poetics of Theatre and Public Events / J. Reinelt; title: Staging Terror / W. Hesford; title: Post-1990s Verbatim Theatre in South Africa: Exploring an African Concept of Truth / Y. Hutchison; title: Reality from the Bottom Up : Documentary Theatre in Poland / A. Sowinska, trans. ; B. Paloff; title: The Scripted Realities of Rimini Protokoll / F.Malzacher; title: TEXTS. Introduction to Rewind : A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony / J. Dubow; title: REwind : A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony / P. Miller; title: Honor Killing and the Sensation of Grace   / Hans Dowit; title: Is.Man / A. Roosen; title: Introduction to Three Posters / R. Mroué; title: Three Posters / E. Khoury & R. Mroué; title: The Magic Years of Youth in Dreary Times, Or Theatre of the Eighth Day's View of Itself, Again During Dreary Times / J.Ostrowska, trans.  ; E. Janicka; title: The Files : Teatre Ósmego Dnia /  trans. B. Johnston; title: Pawel Demirski: We're not Hyenas : An Interview / P. Sztarbowski, trans. ; A.Valles; title: Don't Be Surprised When They Burn Your House Down / P.  Demirski, trans. ; A. Valles; title: Kidnapping Reality: An Interview with Vivi Tellas / A. Pauls, trans. ; S.J.Townsend; title: Excerpts from the Plays of Vivi Tellas / V.Tellas, trans. S.J. Townsend; title: An Intimate Love Letter: Art, Life & Showbiz, Ain Gordon Writer/Director; title: / B. Vorlicky; title: Life, Art, & Showbiz / Ain Gordon.