Theatre and performance in small nations
This is the first book to explore an emerging field (small nations) from the point of view of theatre and performance. It draws upon a particularly wide range of national contexts. It includes chapters written by widely published experts in the field. Arguing that the cultures o…
Many commentators have routinely referred to theatre and, to an extent, all forms of live performance as particularly appropriate to the discussion of national identity. Put simply, the act of live performance itself draws attention to the idea that identities are performed and …
The hidden plot: notes on theatre and the state
by Bond, Edward
fromDiaries, letters and essays
This collection of passionate and polemical essays deals with drama from its origin in the human mind to the use made of it in history and the present. It explains the hidden working of drama behind the state, religion, family, crime and war.
This collection of passionate and polemical essays deals with drama from its origin in the human mind to the use made of it in history and the present. It explains the hidden working of drama behind the state, religion, family, crime and war.
This collection of passionate and polemical essays deals with drama from its origin in the human mind to the use made of it in history and the present. It explains the hidden working of drama behind the state, religion, family, crime and war.
"Staging Nation examines the complex relationship between the theatrical stage and the wider stage of nation building in postcolonial Malaysia and Singapore. In less than fifty years, locally written and produced English language theatre has managed to shrug off its colonial sha…
"Staging Nation examines the complex relationship between the theatrical stage and the wider stage of nation building in postcolonial Malaysia and Singapore. In less than fifty years, locally written and produced English language theatre has managed to shrug off its colonial sha…
"Staging Nation examines the complex relationship between the theatrical stage and the wider stage of nation building in postcolonial Malaysia and Singapore. In less than fifty years, locally written and produced English language theatre has managed to shrug off its colonial sha…
"In Beau Monde on Empire's Edge, Mayhill C. Fowler tells the story of the rise and fall of a group of men who created culture both Soviet and Ukrainian. This collective biography showcases new aspects of the politics of cultural production in the Soviet Union by focusing on thea…
In Beau Monde on Empire's Edge, Mayhill C. Fowler tells the story of the rise and fall of a group of men who created culture both Soviet and Ukrainian. This collective biography showcases new aspects of the politics of cultural production in the Soviet Union by focusing on theat…