Playing for time : stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre / Geraldine Cousin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cousin, Geraldine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--20th century--Themes, motives.

Missing children--Drama.

Missing children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 The collapsing house; 2 Past present: dramatisations of 'return'; 3 Enter the revenant; 4 Nunc Instantis: Arcadia and Copenhagen; 5 Stories of lost futures; 6 The Skriker's progeny; 7 Blood sacrifice; 8 Daughters' tales; 9 Coram Boy: a final story; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78170-097-4

1-84779-168-9

OCLC:

818847164