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Death in modern theatre : stages of mortality / Adrian Curtin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curtin, Adrian, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Theatre (Manchester, England)
- Theatre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death in the theater.
- Drama--21st century--History and criticism.
- Drama.
- Drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Drama--19th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This title analyses representations of death and dying in modern Western theatre from the late 19th century onward, examining how and why historically informed conceptions of mortality are dramatised and staged.
- Contents:
- Introduction : stages of mortality
- Beyond the veil : sensing death in symbolist theatre
- Fantastical representations of death in First World War drama
- The absurd drama of modern death denial
- Theatres of catastrophe after Auschwitz and Hiroshima
- The drama of dying in the early twenty-first century
- Conclusion : unending.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 25, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526124722
- 1526124726
- 9781526124715
- 1526124718
- OCLC:
- 1088892451
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