Changing the subject : Marvin Carlson and theatre studies, 1959-2009 / edited and with an introduction by Joseph Roach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roach, Joseph R., 1947-

Carlson, Marvin, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History.

Theater.

History.

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

Carlson, Marvin, 1935-.

Theater--Study and teaching (Higher).

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]

Contents:

Foreword / Paula Vogel

Introduction / Joseph Roach

Memories of the Theatre-Carlson / Doug Paterson

Performing theatre history : the case of Strindberg's modernity / Eszter Szalczer

Between literature and theatre : who owns The misanthrope? / Roger Herzel

The marriage of Figaro : scenery and scenic space in the original production / Barry Daniels

Built and unbuilt opera spaces in eighteenth-century London / Judith Milhous

C.S. Peirce and the habit of theatre / Iris Smith Fischer

Executing Rainey Bethea / Mark Fearnow

Housed : the Irish state, neoliberalism, and Irish Traveller Theatre / Maurya Wickstrom

Speaking of human trafficking : abolitionists, queens, and the haunted stages of democracy / Gay Gibson Cima

The do-re-mi of musical theatre historiography / David Savran

The many languages of the Yiddish theatre / Joel Berkowitz

Original versions : L'affaire Nancy Huston and authorized performance / Erin Hurley

Six "Taiping Rebellion" tragedies : heroes, traitors, and the discourse of the Chinese Revolution / Xiaomei Chen

An idiot's guide to theatre in Berlin / Elinor Fuchs

Afterword : "The great theatre of the world" / Joseph Roach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780472117079

0472117076

OCLC:

320188640