Theatre & Protest
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Beschreibung
How does protest engage with theatre? What does theatre have to gain from protest?
Theatre and protest are often closely interlinked in the contemporary cultural and political landscape, and the line between protest and performance can be difficult to draw. Yet this relationship is also beset with doubts about theatre’s capacity to intervene in the social world. This fresh and insightful text thinks through the intersections and tensions between theatre and protest. Exploring the cross-fertilization of international theatre and protest across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Lara Shalson illuminates how and why these two are mutually influencing and enriching forms.
The line between political activism and performance art is frequently unclear. Exploring the cross-fertilization of international theatre and protest across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Lara Shalson illuminates how and why theatre and protest are mutually influencing and enriching forms.
- Provides a clear explanation of theoretical and historical terms
- Draws on a wide variety of examples of theatre and protest
- Includes a useful further reading section and a comprehensive bibliography to aid independent study
Undergraduate and postgraduate students of Theatre and Performance Studies; undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Literature; lecturers and researchers of Theatre and Performance Studies; theatre practitioners
Autor*in
Lara Shalson
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