Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4725-0667-2 (ISBN)
The collection's interdisciplinary approach, accessibility, and ecological focus will appeal to students and academics in a number of different fields, including theatre, performance, English, French, geography and philosophy. It will also have a major impact on the new cross disciplinary paradigm of eco-criticism.
Carl Lavery is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Glasgow, UK. His publications include Jean Genet Politics and Performance, with Clare Finburgh (2006), Sacred Theatre (2007), Walking, Writing and Performance: Autobiographical Texts by Dee Heddon, Carl Lavery and Phil Smith (2009), The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre: Spaces of Revolution (2010), Contemporary French Theatre and Performance, with Clare Finburgh (2011), Good Luck Everybody. Lone Twin: Journeys, Performances and Conversations, with David Williams (2011), and he is editor with Nick Whybrow of a special issue of Performance Research 'On Foot' (2012). Clare Finburgh is a senior lecturer in the department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, UK. Her research focuses on French and UK contemporary performance, notably innovations in French modern and contemporary playwriting and directing; and representations of conflict in UK theatre. She has co-written Jean Genet (with David Bradby, 2011), and co-edited Genet: Performance and Politics (2006) and Contemporary French Theatre and Performance (2011).
Introduction: Greening the Absurd - Carl Lavery and Clare Finburgh
1. Caryl Churchill’s ‘Dark Ecology’ - Elaine Aston
2. The Garden in the Machine: Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, and the American Absurd - Stephen Bottoms
3. Mutant Bodies: the Absurd in Eastern European Experience - Ralph Yarrow
4. Recycling Beckett - Joe Kelleher
5. Rare Butterflies, Persecution, and Pinball Machines: Environment, Subjectivity, and Society in the Theatre of Arthur Adamov - Franc Chamberlain
6. Ionesco’s Green Lesson: Toxic Environments, Ecologies of Air - Carl Lavery
7. Nettles in the Rose Garden: Ecocentrism in Jean Genet’s Theatre - Clare Finburgh
8. The Secluded Voice: The Impossible Call Home in Early Pinter - Mark Taylor Batty and Carl Lavery
Epilogue: David Williams
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.11.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Methuen Drama Engage |
Zusatzinfo | 9 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 522 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
ISBN-10 | 1-4725-0667-7 / 1472506677 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4725-0667-2 / 9781472506672 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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