Death in Modern Theatre - Stages of Mortality

This book analyses representations of death and dying in modern Western theatre from the late nineteenth century onward, examining how and why historically informed conceptions of mortality are dramatized and staged.

List of contents

Introduction: stages of mortality
1 Beyond the veil: sensing death in symbolist theatre
2 Fantastical representations of death in First World War drama
3 The absurd drama of modern death denial
4 Theatres of catastrophe after Auschwitz and Hiroshima
5 The drama of dying in the early twenty-first century
Conclusion: unending

References
Index

About the author

Adrian Curtin is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter

Summary

This book analyses representations of death and dying in modern Western theatre from the late nineteenth century onward, examining how and why historically informed conceptions of mortality are dramatized and staged. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Curtin, Curtin Adrian
• Assisted by: Maria M. Delgado (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781526124708
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2470-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance; Theatre Theory Practice Perfor; Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance; Theatre Theory Practice Perfor; Theatre: Theory - Practice - P; Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Theatre Studies, modern theatre; end of life; death; dying; mortality