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Authenticity in contemporary theatre and performance : make it real

Title: Authenticity in contemporary theatre and performance : make it real / Daniel Schulze.
Author: Morgenroth, Daniel, 1984-
Publication: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

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xii, 284 pages; 22 cm

Summary

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 and springs from a culture that is perceived as inherently fake and lacking depth. The study examines three types of performances that exemplify this structure of feeling: intimate theatre seen in Forced Entertainment productions such as Quizoola! (1996, 2015), as well as one-on-one performances, such as Oentroerend Goed's Internal (2009); immersive theatres as illustrated by Punchdrunk's shows The Masque of the Red Death (2007) and The Drowned Man (2013) which provide a visceral, sensate understanding for audiences. It is specifically the value of the document that lends such performances their truth-value and consequently their authenticity. The study analyses how the success of these disparate categories of performance can be explained through a common concern with notions of truth and authenticity. It argues that this hunger for authentic, unmediated experience is characteristic of a structure of feeling that has superseded postmodernism and that actively seeks to resignify artistic and cultural practices of the everyday.

Series Statement

Methuen Drama Engage

Uniform Title

Methuen drama engage.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and indexes.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- 1. In Search of Authenticity -- 2. Intimate Theatre -- 3. Immersive Theatre -- 4. Documentary Theatre -- 5. An Ending -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

MWET 17-1757

ISBN

9781350000964
1350000965

OCLC

978451542

Author

Morgenroth, Daniel, 1984- author.

Title

Authenticity in contemporary theatre and performance : make it real / Daniel Schulze.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Methuen Drama Engage

Methuen drama engage.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and indexes.

Research Call Number

MWET 17-1757

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