Anne Frank on the Postwar Dutch Stage - Performance, Memory, Affect

This book is a case study into the affective history of Holocaust drama offering a new perspective on the impact of The Diary of Anne Frank, the pivotal 1950s play that was a turning point in Holocaust consciousness.

List of contents

1. Time out of Joint: Theaters of Destruction 2. Under Erasure: From Diary to Script 3. A Holocaust Performative: From Script to Play 4. Driven by Affect: Opening Night and Beyond 5. Shibbolet: Postwar Jewishness Onstage

About the author

Remco Ensel is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Art History and Classics at Radboud University, the Netherlands.

Summary

This book is a case study into the affective history of Holocaust drama offering a new perspective on the impact of The Diary of Anne Frank, the pivotal 1950s play that was a turning point in Holocaust consciousness.

Product details

• Authors: Remco Ensel, Remco (Radboud University Ensel, Ensel Remco
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032034294
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3203429-4
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Biography: historical, political & military, PERFORMING ARTS / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Art & Politics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, HISTORY / Women, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Theatre Studies, The Holocaust, Judaism, Performance Art, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust