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Death in Modern Theatre: Stages of Mortality

Death in Modern Theatre: Stages of Mortality

Curtin, Adrian

Paperback

Series: Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance

Theater HistoryTechnical Theater

ISBN10: 1526191237
ISBN13: 9781526191236
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work. It investigates the opportunities theatre affords to reflect on the end of life in a compelling and socially meaningful fashion.

In a series of interrelated, mostly chronological, micronarratives beginning in the late nineteenth century and ending in the early twenty-first century, this book considers how and why death and dying are represented at certain historical moments using dramaturgy and aesthetics that challenge audiences' conceptions, sensibilities, and sense-making faculties. It includes a mix of well-known and lesser-known plays from an international range of dramatists and theatre-makers, and offers original interpretations through close reading and performance analysis.

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