Theatre and Event : Staging the European Century / by A. Kear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kear, Adrian, 1970-

Series:

Studies in International Performance, 2947-4957

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History.

Theater.

Literature.

Performing arts.

Europe--History.

Europe.

Philosophy.

Theatre History.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

European History.

Local Subjects:

Theatre History.

Literature.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

European History.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the beginning of the 21st century, European theatre-makers have sought to consider the disastrous events of the 20th century as the unfinished business of the contemporary. In this book, Kear argues that by thinking through the logic of the event, contemporary performance offers an affective interrogation of 'the event' of the European century.

Contents:

Song of the century: Jan Lauwers and Needcompany's Sad face/happy face trilogy

Naming the event: Alvis Hermanis and Juanais Regas tetrises Sonja

Falling into history: Romeo Castellucci and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio's Tragedia endogonidia and Divina commedia

Theatre in the open: Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes' The Persians and Coriolan/US, National Theatre Wales

De-creating the step of the world: Faustin Linyekula and Studios Kabako's La création du monde 1923-2012, Pour en finir avec Bérénice, and more more more, future

Afterword.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-231) and index.

ISBN:

9781137372376 (electronic book)

9781349283699

134928369X

9781137372376

1137372370

OCLC:

867822325