Theatre in Pieces: Politics, Poetics and Interdisciplinary Collaboration - An Anthology of Play Texts 1966 - 2010

Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration is an innovative compilation of seven highly acclaimed productions by key practitioners of non-playwright-driven theatre. Each playtext is reproduced in full and accompanied by extensive notes from members of the original producing theatre. A substantial introduction by Anna Furse provides an overview of the works and contextualises their reading by revealing how a script can emerge from or provoke a collaborative devising process.

The works featured include: Hotel Methuselah, Imitating the Dog/Pete Brooks; Don Juan.Who?/Don Juan.Kdo?, Athletes of the Heart; A Girl Skipping, Graeme Miller; Trans-Acts, Julia Bardsley; US, 1966 (with an introduction by Peter Brook); Miss America, Split Britches and 48 Minutes for Palestine, Mojisola Adebayo and Ashtar Theatre.

Summary

The notion of writing for interdisciplinary collaboration is at the core of the plays featured in Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration making this a very unique collection. The extensive Introduction and practitioner notes make this an invaluable resource for any student of theatre and performance.

Product details

• Assisted by: Furse Anna (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9781408139967
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-3996-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Illustrations: 4 page full colour section; black & white throughout
• Series: Performance Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Theaterstücke (div.), DRAMA / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, ART / Performance, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Anthologies: general, Performance Art, Anthologies (non-poetry), Acting techniques, Anthologies