Over the past two decades, theatre practitioners across the West have turned to documentary modes of performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. The essays in this book place this work in context, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre, and applying a range of critical perspectives.
ISBN: | 9780230336896 |
Publication date: | 1st September 2011 |
Author: | Alison Forsyth, Christopher Megson |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Series: | Performance Interventions |
Genres: |
Theatre studies Film history, theory or criticism Social and cultural history History of Performing Arts Performing arts Biography, Literature and Literary studies |