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Author : S. E. Wilmer
Release : 2008
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Book Synopsis Theatre, Society, and the Nation by : S. E. Wilmer
Download or read book Theatre, Society, and the Nation written by S. E. Wilmer. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. E. Wilmer
Release : 2002-09-23
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Theatre, Society and the Nation by : S. E. Wilmer
Download or read book Theatre, Society and the Nation written by S. E. Wilmer. This book was released on 2002-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events. The book moves from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America. In addition to examining theatrical events and play texts, Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response.
Author : Nadine Holdsworth
Release : 2010-06-30
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis Theatre and Nation by : Nadine Holdsworth
Download or read book Theatre and Nation written by Nadine Holdsworth. This book was released on 2010-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has theatre engaged with the nation-state and helped to formulate national identities? What impact have migration and globalisation had on the relationship between theatre and nation? Theatre & Nation explores how theatre institutions, playwrights, theatre-makers and performance artists engage with the nation, nationalism and national identity in their work. The book argues that theatrical representations of the nation are constantly in flux and that the way theatre engages with the nation changes according to different geographical, political, economic, social and cultural circumstances. Foreword by Nicholas Hytner.
Author : National art theatre society, New York
Release : 1904
Genre : Clubs
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Book Synopsis Manual of the National Art Theatre Society of New York by : National art theatre society, New York
Download or read book Manual of the National Art Theatre Society of New York written by National art theatre society, New York. This book was released on 1904. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nadine Holdsworth
Release : 2014-06-27
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis Theatre and National Identity by : Nadine Holdsworth
Download or read book Theatre and National Identity written by Nadine Holdsworth. This book was released on 2014-06-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways that pre-existing ‘national’ works or ‘national theatre’ sites can offer a rich source of material for speaking to the contemporary moment because of the resonances or associations they offer of a different time, place, politics, or culture. Featuring a broad international scope, it offers a series of thought-provoking essays that explore how playwrights, directors, theatre-makers, and performance artists have re-staged or re-worked a classic national play, performance, theatrical form, or theatre space in order to engage with conceptions of and questions around the nation, nationalism, and national identity in the contemporary moment, opening up new ways of thinking about or problematizing questions around the nation and national identity. Chapters ask how productions engage with a particular moment in the national psyche in the context of internationalism and globalization, for example, as well as how productions explore the interconnectivity of nations, intercultural agendas, or cosmopolitanism. They also explore questions relating to the presence of migrants, exiles, or refugees, and the legacy of colonial histories and post-colonial subjectivities. The volume highlights how theatre and performance has the ability to contest and unsettle ideas of the nation and national identity through the use of various sites, stagings, and performance strategies, and how contemporary theatres have portrayed national agendas and characters at a time of intense cultural flux and repositioning.
