French theatre today : the view from New York, Paris, and Avignon / by Edward Baron Turk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turk, Edward Baron.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture.

Studies in theatre history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--France--21st century.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2005 literary and film critic Edward Turk immersed himself in New York City's ACT FRENCH festival, a bold effort to enhance American contact with the contemporary French stage. This dizzying crash course on numerous aspects of current French theatre paved the way for six months of theatregoing in Paris and a month's sojourn at the 2006 Avignon Festival. In French Theatre Today he turns his yearlong involvement with this rich topic into an accessible, intelligent, and comprehensive overview of contemporary French theatre. Situating many of the nearly 150 stage

Contents:

Introduction

New York. Border-crossings

Star power, Gallic style

Three fresh voices

From dialogue to parole

Edgy and cool

Paris. Great classics revisited

Boulevard, experimental, and in-between

Three prodigious artists

Cultural diversity (I): ethnicities

Cultural diversity (II): operas and circuses

Avignon. A festival turns sixty

Recap and coda : French theatre tomorrow.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587299933

1587299933

OCLC:

731240328