Theatre & Protest

ISBN-13: 9781137443090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 89 str.

Lara Shalson

Opis

The line between political activism and performance art is frequently unclear. Exploring the cross-fertilization of international theatre and protest across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Lara Shalson illuminates how and why theatre and protest are mutually influencing and enriching forms.

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface.- Prologue.- Introduction.- Convergences and Divergences Between Theatre and Protest.- Protesting Theatre.- Theatre Protests.- Re-Actions.- A Gesture Towards an End.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

Lara Shalson is Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at King's College London, UK. 

Blurb

How does protest engage with theatre? What does theatre have to gain from protest?

Theatre and protest are often closely interlinked in the contemporary cultural and political landscape, and the line between protest and performance can be difficult to draw. Yet this relationship is also beset with doubts about theatre’s capacity to intervene in the social world. This fresh and insightful text thinks through the intersections and tensions between theatre and protest. Exploring the cross-fertilization of international theatre and protest across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Lara Shalson illuminates how and why these two are mutually influencing and enriching forms.