Theatre in Crisis?: Performance Manifestos for a New CenturyMaria M. Delgado, Caridad Svich Manchester University Press, 2002 - 273 pages This wide-ranging look at the state of contemporary theatre practice, economics, and issues related to identity, politics, and technology contains a snapshot dissection of where theatre is, where it has been and where it might be going, through the voices of established and emerging theatre artists and scholars from the UK, US and elsewhere. It offers an examination of how to make theatre in a time of crisis and why it is a vital form of communication, asking questions such as: where is theatre now taking place?; what is the relationship between play and performance?; how does funding work?; what states does theatre flourish under?; and if there is a current crisis of theatre should it not be seen as a welcome opportunity to develop a vigorous theatre of crisis? |
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Theatre in crisis? Living memory in an unstable time | 15 |
strategies concepts and working decisions | 22 |
negotiating doubt and passion | 89 |
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