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  • The Theatre and its Double

    by Antonin Artaud ...
    Translated by Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Theatre Makers
    In The Theatre and Its Double, first published in 1938, Antonin Artaud puts forward his radical theories on drama and theatre, which he saw as being stifled by conservatism and a lack of experimentation.Containing the famous manifestos of the 'Theatre of Cruelty', this collection of essays analyses the underlying impulses of performance, provides suggestions on a physical-training method for ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Mediatized Dramaturgy

    The Evolution of Plays in the Media Age

    by Seda Ilter, Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    This study explores the ways in which playtexts have evolved in relation to the sociocultural and cognitive conditions of a mediatized age, and how they, in form and content, respond to this environment and open up new critical possibilities in text and performance. The study combines theatre and media theory through the innovative concept of 'mediatized dramaturgy' and offers conceptual ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Social Housing in Performance

    The English Council Estate on and off Stage

    by Dr Katie Beswick, Mark Taylor-Batty, Prof. Enoch Brater ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    This book explores the ways that council estates have been represented in England across a range of performance forms. Drawing on examples from mainstream, site-specific and resident-led performance works, it considers the political potential of contemporary performance practices concerned with the council estate. Depictions of the council estate are brought into dialogue with global ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Drag Histories, Herstories and Hairstories

    Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 2

    by Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Drawing on rich interdisciplinary research that has laced the emerging subject of drag studies as an academic discipline, this book examines how drag performance is a political, socio-cultural practice with a widespread lineage throughout the history of performance. This volume maps the multi-threaded contexts of contemporary practices while rooting them in their fabulous historical past and ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Political Dramaturgies and Theatre Spectatorship

    Provocations for Change

    by Liz Tomlin, Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    What do we mean when we describe theatre as political today? How might theatre-makers' provocations for change need to be differently designed when addressing the precarious spectator-subject of twenty- first century neoliberalism? In this important study Liz Tomlin interrogates the influential theories of Jacques Rancière to propose a new framework of analysis through which contemporary political ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Theatres of Contagion

    Transmitting Early Modern to Contemporary Performance

    by Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    To what extent is theatre a contagious practice, capable of undoing and enlivening people and cultures? Theatres of Contagion responds to some of the anxieties of our current political and cultural climate by exploring theatre's status as a contagious cultural force, questioning its role in the spread or control of medical, psychological and emotional conditions and phenomena. Observing a diverse ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Postdramatic Theatre and Form

    by Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Postdramatic theatre is an essential category of performance that challenges classical elements of drama, including the centrality of plot and character. Tracking key developments in contemporary European and North American performance, this collection redirects ongoing debates about postdramatic theatre, turning attention to the overlooked issue on which they hinge: form.Contributors draw on ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Robert Lepage / Ex Machina

    Revolutions in Theatrical Space

    by Dr James Reynolds, Mark Taylor-Batty, Prof. Enoch Brater ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Robert Lepage/Ex Machina: Revolutions in Theatrical Space provides an ideal introduction to one of our most innovative companies – and a much-needed and timely reappraisal of Lepage's oeuvre. International, interdisciplinary and intercultural to the core, Ex Machina have negotiated some of the most complex creative and cultural challenges of our time. This book maps the story of that journey by ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre

    Politics, Affect, Responsibility

    by Dr Marissia Fragkou, Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Presenting a rigorous critical investigation of the reinvigoration of the political in contemporary British theatre, Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre provides a fresh understanding of how theatre has engaged with precarity, affect, risk, intimacy, care and relationality in recent times. The study makes a compelling case for reading precarity as a 'sticky' theatrical trope ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain

    Staging Crisis

    by Mark Taylor-Batty, Prof. Enoch Brater, Vasiliki Angelaki ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre has provided a unifying forum, treating spectators as citizens. This book critically deals with representative plays and playwrights who have stood out in the UK and internationally in the post-recession era, delivering theatre that in the process of being truthful to the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Howard Barker's Theatre: Wrestling with Catastrophe

    by Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Howard Barker and The Wrestling School have been seen as marginal to the major concerns of British theatre, problematic in their staging and challenging in the ideas they explore. Yet Barker's writing career spans six decades, he is the only living writer to have been accorded an entire season with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Wrestling School produces theatre of such a striking quality ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance

    Make it Real

    by Daniel Schulze, Prof. Enoch Brater, Mark Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Engage
    Authenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very evasive. This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework for analysis. Daniel Schulz argues that authenticity is sought out and marked by the individual ... Read more

    $39.69 USD