Theatre and the Macabre

Theatre and the Macabre explores the morbid and gruesome onstage, from freak shows to the French Grand Guignol, from immersive theatre to dark tourism, stopping along the way to look at phantoms, severed heads, dances of death and dismembered bodies.

About the author

Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is professor and chair of theater arts at Loyola Marymount University. Meredith Conti is associate professor of theater at the University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Summary

Theatre and the Macabre explores the morbid and gruesome onstage, from freak shows to the French Grand Guignol, from immersive theatre to dark tourism, stopping along the way to look at phantoms, severed heads, dances of death and dismembered bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Jr. Wetmore
• Assisted by: Meredith Conti (Editor), Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. (Editor), Jr. Wetmore (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781786838452
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-845-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; J, Theatre, FICTION / Horror, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, Kevin, Meredith, JR, Conti, Wetmore, Macabre