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Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism

Title
Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / Kirsty Johnston.
Author
Johnston, Kirsty, 1971-
Publication
  • London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Description
viii, 228 pages; 22 cm
Series Statement
Critical companions
Uniform Title
Critical companions (London, England)
Alternative Title
Recasting modernism
Subject
  • 2000 - 2099
  • People with disabilities and the performing arts
  • People with disabilities in literature
  • Modernism (Literature)
  • Drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Drama > 21st century > History and criticism
  • Artists with disabilities
  • Performance art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Critical survey of disability theatre aesthetics, politics, and practices. What is disability theatre? -- Critical embodiment and casting -- Staging inclusion -- Inherited plays and new approaches -- Critical perspectives. "Every man his specialty": Beckett, disability, and dependence / Michael Davidson -- Reclaiming the ordinary extraordinary body: or, The importance of The glass menagerie for literary disability studies / Ann M. Fox -- Access aesthetics and modern drama: an interview with Jenny Sealey on Graeae Theatre Company's The threepenny opera and Blood wedding / Kirsty Johnston -- Shattering the glass menagerie / Terry Galloway, M. Shane Grant, Ben Gunter, and Carrie Sandahl.
Call Number
MWET 16-4719
ISBN
  • 9781408184493
  • 1408184494
  • 9781408184783
  • 1408184788
OCLC
930692677
Author
Johnston, Kirsty, 1971- author.
Title
Disability theatre and modern drama : recasting modernism / Kirsty Johnston.
Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Critical companions
Critical companions (London, England)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
Chronological Term
2000 - 2099
Other Form:
Electronic version: Johnston, Kirsty. Disability theatre and modern drama. London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. 9781472506382 (OCoLC)938563197
Research Call Number
MWET 16-4719
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