Acts of resistance in late-modernist theatre : writing and directing in contemporary theatre practice / by Richard Murphet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphet, Richard, 1945- author.

Series:

Australian playwrights ; monograph no. 18.

Australian playwrights and Australian drama, theatre and performance, 0921-2531 ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murphet, Richard, 1945---Criticism and interpretation.

Kemp, Jenny, 1949---Criticism and interpretation.

Foreman, Richard, 1937-2025--Criticism and interpretation.

Foreman, Richard, 1937-2025.

Kemp, Jenny, 1949-.

Theater--Production and direction--Australia.

Theater--Production and direction--United States.

Theater--Political aspects--Australia.

Theater--Political aspects--United States.

Modernism (Literature)--Australia--History.

Modernism (Literature)--United States--History.

Theatrical producers and directors--Australia--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors.

Modernism (Literature).

History.

Theater--Political aspects.

Theater--Production and direction.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Australia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020]

Summary:

"In Acts of Resistance in Late-Modernist Theatre, Richard Murphet presents a close analysis of the theatre practice of two ground-breaking artists - Richard Foreman and Jenny Kemp - active over the late twentieth and the early twenty-first century. In addition, he tracks the development of a form of 'epileptic' writing over the course of his own career as writer/director. Murphet argues that these three auteurs have developed subversive alternatives to the previously dominant forms of dramatic realism in order to re-think the relationship between theatre and reality. They write and direct their own work, and their artistic experimentation is manifest in the tension created between their content and their form. Murphet closely investigates how the works are made, rather than focusing upon an interpretation of their meaning. Through an examination of working practices, we gain a deeper understanding of the nature of a paradigm shift in theatre launched by late modernism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Richard Foreman

Jenny Kemp

Richard Murphet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Murphet, Richard, 1945-. Acts of resistance in late-modernist theatre.

ISBN:

9789004415874

9004415874

OCLC:

1120786642