Telling It Slant

Avant-Garde Poetics of the 1990s
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8173-1097-4
Verlag: University of Alabama Press

Buch, Englisch, 511 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 717 g

Reihe: Modern & Contemporary Poetics

Political commentary is possible through ""variety"" theatre, this volume contends. Compiled from the April 2000 Theatre Symposium held on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, this collection of essays presents a compelling mix of theoretical and practical viewpoints from a broad diversity of scholars from around the country. What remains to be learned about the political objectives of Brecht's Lehrstriucke? What political power is resident in the satirical humor of Dario Fo's drama? What can we learn from Mordecai Gorelik's political/artistic philosophy that might inform contemporary practice? What was the impact of political theatre on Broadway between the wars? Is Thornton Wilder's Our Town the play we've always imagined it to be, or does it challenge the politics of its time? What is the role of theatre activism in raising consciousness about gender politics? These are only some of the questions addressed by this lively, informative discussion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Mark

Marks, Steven

Über Autor(innen)

John C. Countryman is the Director of Theatre and Associate Professor at Berry College in Georgia. Noreen Barnes-McLain is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of Theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.