The 1930s were a period of triumph and turmoil in Poland, yet the decade saw the production of a number of exceptional dramatic works. Some dramatists of the period, among them Jerzy W. Tepa, are not well-known today because many of their plays were lostor presumed to be lostduring the war years. However, the recent rediscoveries of Tepa s "Ivar Kreuger "and "Jeanne de la Motte "allow a fascinating glimpse into a rich and vital period of Polish literary culture unfamiliar to most English readers and scholars. This book not only reintroduces Tepa and his work to new readers but also...
The 1930s were a period of triumph and turmoil in Poland, yet the decade saw the production of a number of exceptional dramatic works. Some dramatists...
A cofounder of the United Kingdom s legendary 1980s performance company Impact Theatre Co-op, Claire MacDonald composed "Utopia," a sequence of commissioned playtexts, between 1987 and 2008. This book brings together both the plays and the story of how they came to be written and produced. With a compelling introduction by the author and including additional material by Tim Etchells, Dee Heddon, and Lenora Champagne, it provides a range of historical and critical materials that put the plays in the context of MacDonald s career as writer and collaborator and show how visual practices and...
A cofounder of the United Kingdom s legendary 1980s performance company Impact Theatre Co-op, Claire MacDonald composed "Utopia," a sequence of commis...
This book offers a series of compelling responses to the Jasmin Vardimon Company s production of Justitia, a multilayered, multimedia dance theater piece. Through an innovative, visually annotated text, which includes the original script by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the book attempts to record the experience of the performance. Also included are nine critical responses from scholars and theatrical practitioners who consider the performance through lenses relating to time, collaboration, writing, confession, and the law."
This book offers a series of compelling responses to the Jasmin Vardimon Company s production of Justitia, a multilayered, multimedia dance the...