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Beschreibung
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work for students and theatregoers.

Each chapter illuminates connections across plays and explores major scripts alongside unpublished and unfinished projects. Each considers the rehearsal room, the stage, and the printed text. Each demonstrates how Churchill has pushed the boundaries of dramatic aesthetics while posing urgent political and theoretical questions. But since each maps Churchill's work in a different way, each deploys a different reading practice - for many approaches are necessary to characterise such a restlessly imaginative and prolific career.

Through its five interlocking parts, The Theatre of Caryl Churchill tells a story about the playwright, her work, and its place in contemporary drama.
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work for students and theatregoers.

Each chapter illuminates connections across plays and explores major scripts alongside unpublished and unfinished projects. Each considers the rehearsal room, the stage, and the printed text. Each demonstrates how Churchill has pushed the boundaries of dramatic aesthetics while posing urgent political and theoretical questions. But since each maps Churchill's work in a different way, each deploys a different reading practice - for many approaches are necessary to characterise such a restlessly imaginative and prolific career.

Through its five interlocking parts, The Theatre of Caryl Churchill tells a story about the playwright, her work, and its place in contemporary drama.
Über den Autor
R. Darren Gobert specialises in comparative drama, dramatic and performance theory, and the philosophy of theatre at York University, Canada, where he is Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Graduate Programme in Theatre and Performance Studies. His publications include The Mind-Body Stage: Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater. He is incoming editor of the journal Modern Drama.
Zusammenfassung
Considers the work in rehearsal, on stage and on the printed page, with contributions from three leading scholars and interviews with directors associated with the work from the UK and North America.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Churchill's Landscapes
a) Top Girls
b) The Skriker
c) Far Away
2. Derivatives; or, Capitalism and the Theatre Industry
a) Owners
b) Serious Money
c) A Dream Play
3. Identity and the Body
a) Cloud Nine
b) Icecream
c) A Number
4. The Aesthetics and Ethics of Collaboration
a) Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
b) Fen
c) Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
5. Performance and/as Theatre
a) Traps
b) Blue Heart
c) Love and Information
6. Critical Perspectives
The Picasso of Modern British Playwrights, by Elaine Aston
The 'Times' of Caryl Churchill's Theatre, by Siân Adiseshiah

Epilogue: Exit the Author
Appendix: List of Churchill texts discussed
Appendix: List of Churchill productions discussed
Endnotes
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408154526
ISBN-10: 1408154528
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gobert, R. Darren
Redaktion: Wetmore Jr, Kevin J.
Lonergan, Patrick
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: R. Darren Gobert
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2014
Gewicht: 0,414 kg
Artikel-ID: 129933398

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