Performing history
Subtitle: theatrical representations of the past in contemporary theatre
By: Freddie Rokem.
Series: Studies in theatre history and culture
Publisher: University of Iowa Press; University Of Iowa Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Historical drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Literature and the revolution
Description: "In his examination of the ways in which the theatre after World War II has presented different aspects of the French Revolution and the Holocaust, Freddie Rokem shows us that by "performing history" actors - as witnesses for the departed witness - bring the historical past and the theatrical present together."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-236) and index.