Witness Onstage - Documentary Theatre in Twenty-First-Century Russia

Witness Onstage is a detailed study of the remarkable growth of documentary theatre forms in Russian since the early 2000s. It draws on the author's work as a performer, producer, and researcher of documentary theatre both in Russia and internationally to provide new perspective on the mechanics of theatre as a venue for civic engagement.

List of contents

Introduction
1. History on Trial
2. Called to the Stand
3. Evidentiary Hearing
4. Material Witness
5. Burden of Proof
6. A Special Verdict
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Molly Flynn is a Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Birkbeck University of London

Summary

Witness Onstage is a detailed study of the remarkable growth of documentary theatre forms in Russian since the early 2000s. It draws on the author's work as a performer, producer, and researcher of documentary theatre both in Russia and internationally to provide new perspective on the mechanics of theatre as a venue for civic engagement. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Molly Flynn
• Assisted by: Maggie B. Gale (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781526126191
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2619-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance; Theatre: Theory - Practice - P; Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, einzelne Schauspieler und Darsteller, Russia, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Individual actors and performers, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production