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Title Contemporary theatres in Europe : a critical companion / edited by Joe Kelleher and Nicholas Ridout
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Human stuff / Joe Kelleher -- Investigating the entrails / Nicholas Till -- Encountering memory / Heike Roms -- On the border as theatrical space / Sophie Nield -- Foreign bodies / Sarah Gorman -- Dying bodies, living corpses / Marin Blažević -- Desire amongst the dodgems / Adrian Kerr -- 'Constitutive ambiguities' / Susan Melrose -- Marshfield mummers / Mike Pearson -- The gift of play / Andrew QuicK -- Authority, empowerment and fairy tales / Bridget Escolme -- Make-believe / Nicholas Ridout -- After the fall / Adrian Heathfield -- What state am I in? or, How to be a spectator / Simon Bayly
Summary Through specific examples, case studies and essays, this collection of essays looks at theatre practices across Europe. From "Theatre du Soleil" to "SocA-etas Raffaello Sanzio", it reconsiders the possibilities of theatre practice, its relation to history and location, and its place in Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Theater -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Theater -- Europe -- History -- 21st century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Theater
Toneel.
Toneelvoorstellingen.
Experimenteel toneel.
Europe
Europa (geografie)
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Kelleher, Joe
Ridout, Nick
ISBN 0203391292
9780203391297
9780415329392
0415329396
9780415329408
041532940X