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Staging ageing : theatre, performance and the narrative of decline / Michael Mangan ; Stephanie Sarlos, cover designer ; Sarah Goldingay, cover image ; Jessica Mitchell, production manager.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mangan, Michael.
- Series:
- Theatre and consciousness.
- Theatre & Consciousness, 1753-3058
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Age in the performing arts.
- Dramatic criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Intellect, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing primarily on the Western dramatic canon, on contemporary British theatre, on popular culture and on paratheatrical practices, Staging Ageing investigates theatrical engagement with ageing. It also explores the relationship of the plays, performances and practices to the material, social and ideological conditions that produced them.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance""; ""Part I: Frames and Contexts""; ""Chapter 1: On Gerontology""; ""Chapter 2: On Age, Stage and Consciousness""; ""Part II: Tragedy and Comedy""; ""Chapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at Colonus""; ""Chapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval Drama""; ""Chapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration Comedy""; ""Chapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster Figures""; ""Part III: Memories""
- ""Chapter 7: On Memory and Its Modes""""Chapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and Intervention""; ""Part IV: The Value(s) of Old Age""; ""Chapter 9: On Longevity""; ""Chapter 10: On Institutions""; ""Chapter 11: On Song and Dance""; ""Epilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-78320-138-X
- 1-78320-137-1
- OCLC:
- 899046085
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