Contemporary Gothic Drama
Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage
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Beschreibung
This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to explorations of the Gothic’s power to haunt contemporary playwriting, macabre tourism and site-specific performance. By taking familiar Gothic motifs, such as the Gothic body, the monster and Gothic theatricality, and bringing them to a new contemporary stage, this collection provides a fresh and comprehensive take on a popular genre. Whilst the focus of the collection falls upon Gothic drama, the contents of the book will embrace an interdisciplinary appeal to scholars and students in the fields of theatre studies, literature studies, tourism studies, adaptation studies, cultural studies, and history.
This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to explorations of the Gothic’s power to haunt contemporary playwriting, macabre tourism and site-specific performance. By taking familiar Gothic motifs, such as the Gothic body, the monster and Gothic theatricality, and bringing them to a new contemporary stage, this collection provides a fresh and comprehensive take on a popular genre. Whilst the focus of the collection falls upon Gothic drama, the contents of the book will embrace an interdisciplinary appeal to scholars and students in the fields of theatre studies, literature studies, tourism studies, adaptation studies, cultural studies, and history.
Offers a fresh insight into the Gothic genre by bringing it to a contemporary platform Brings together a broad collection of essays that have interdisciplinary appeal by covering theatre, adaptation, cinema, culture, history and tourism Focuses on the interminable power of the Gothic to haunt, terrify and enrapture audiences from the eighteenth-century right up to the present day
Autor*in
Kelly Jones
Themen in »Contemporary Gothic Drama«
representation of the gothic post-Victorian theatrical performance gothic body on the stage theatrical adaptations of gothic fiction neo-medievalism contemporary British drama theatrical strategies gothic tourism gothic fan culture
Stimmen zu »Contemporary Gothic Drama«
“A timely and much needed contribution to the fields of Gothic and performance studies. This is a significant attempt to understand the many rich examples of Gothic drama in contemporary culture.” (Ian Conrich, University of Vienna, Austria)
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