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Theatre of the unimpressed : in search of vital drama / Jordan Tannahill.
- Title
- Theatre of the unimpressed : in search of vital drama / Jordan Tannahill.
- Author
- Tannahill, Jordan
- Publication
- Toronto, Canada : Coach House Books, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN2037 .T366 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 154 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- A lot of plays are bad. And one bad play, it seems, can turn us off theater for good. So, what can we learn from the bad play? Jordan Tannahill, after talking to theater heavy-hitters from Australia to Berlin, offers a roadmap for a renewed theater, one that is less insular, less insulting, with better infrastructure. In reconsidering dramaturgy, programming strategies, and alternative models for producing, he aims to turn theater from an obligation to a destination.
- Series Statement
- Exploded views
- Uniform Title
- Exploded views
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism
- Critiques littéraires.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: A cough in the dark -- Boredom : the boring play -- The well-made play -- If it's not broken -- Museum theatre -- Mental real estate -- Liveness : why live? -- Theatre is where frightened filmmakers go to die -- @ the theatre -- Failure : Beckett's children -- Crafting the cough -- Falling on our faces -- Epilogue: Karen's favourite play -- Dramatis personae.
- ISBN
- 9781552453131 (paperback)
- 1552453138 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 900656411
- SCSB-12182202
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library