Autobiography and performance / Deirdre Heddon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heddon, Deirdre, 1969-

Series:

Theatre and performance practices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monodramas--History and criticism.

Monodramas.

Autobiographical drama--History and criticism.

Autobiographical drama.

One-person shows (Performing arts).

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

What is the relationship between past and present in performance, given that the performing body is tangibly present in the here and now? What is the relationship between performance and authenticity? Between live, apparently 'confessional' performance and supposedly 'reality' television? Autobiography in Performance will provide a broad overview of the key concepts pertaining to 'autobiography' in the field of performance. Heddon's engaging style seamlessly blends the theoretical and the personal, raising and pursuing provactive questions around issues of 'truth', 'identity', personal history and political agency, confession, voyeurism and ethics. The book provides case studies of key international practitioners, including Tim Miller, Lisa Kron, Bobby Baker and Curious.

Contents:

1 Politics (of Self): The Subject of Autobiography 20

2 History: Testimonial Times 53

3 Place: The Place of Self 88

4 Ethics: The Story of the Other 124

Conclusion: These Confessional Times 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780230537521

0230537529

9780230537538

0230537537

OCLC:

182662668

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