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Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre Catherine Love

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre By Catherine Love

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre by Catherine Love


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Summary

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre interrogates the paradoxical nature of theatre texts, which have been understood both as separate literary objects in their own right and as material for performance.

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre Summary

Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre by Catherine Love

  • A fresh approach to the theatre text for the Twenty First Century, including recent developments in the fields of technology, publishing and theatre-making.
  • Intended for scholars and upper-level students of theatre studies and performance studies.
  • Gives a much fresher and more comprehensive perspective than previous work in this area, particularly in regard to topics like technology and digital performance.

About Catherine Love

Dr Catherine Love is a theatre academic and arts journalist. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. She has previously published journal articles and book chapters on the work of theatre-makers including Katie Mitchell, Michael Pinchbeck, Simon Stephens, and Elevator Repair Service, and she is the author of Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree. She also reviews theatre across the North of England for the Guardian.

Table of Contents

1. The problem of the theatre text 2. Dramaturgical innovations and evasions of authority: authorship and intention 3. Contemporary approaches to classic texts: supplementation and iterability 4. On the page: changing technologies of editing and publication

Additional information

NPB9780367648916
9780367648916
0367648911
Text and Performance in Contemporary British Theatre by Catherine Love
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023-02-27
172
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