Beyond Documentary Realism : : Aesthetic Transgressions in British Verbatim Theatre / / Cyrielle Garson.
Verbatim theatre, a type of performance based on actual words spoken by ''real people'', has been at the heart of a remarkable and unexpected renaissance of the genre in Great Britain since the mid-nineties. The central aim of the book is to critically explore and account for the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary Drama in English Studies ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 384 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Abstract and Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Documentary Realism -- 3 New Realism(s) -- 4 Post-Realism -- 5 Conclusion -- Work Cited -- Index |
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| Summary: | Verbatim theatre, a type of performance based on actual words spoken by ''real people'', has been at the heart of a remarkable and unexpected renaissance of the genre in Great Britain since the mid-nineties. The central aim of the book is to critically explore and account for the relationship between contemporary British verbatim theatre and realism whilst questioning the much-debated mediation of the real in theses theatre practices. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783110715767 9783110750720 9783110750706 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754124 9783110753899 |
| ISSN: | 2194-9069 ; |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110715767 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Cyrielle Garson. |