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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jr. Wetmore
• Collaboration: Meredith Conti (Editeur), Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. (Editeur), Jr. Wetmore (Editeur)
• Edition: University of Wales Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781786838452
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-845-2
• Pages: 288
• Thème: Horror Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; J, Theatre, FICTION / Horror, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, Kevin, Meredith, JR, Conti, Wetmore, Macabre