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Informationen zum Autor Dan Rebellato is an experienced, internationally performed playwright for theatre and radio. He has taught playwriting for 25 years for various universities, writers' groups, Arvon and elsewhere. He has also written widely and influentially on contemporary British theatre, with a focus on the theory and practice of new writing. He is Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. Klappentext What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world? This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market. Foreword by Mark Ravenhill Zusammenfassung Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market. Foreword by Mark Ravenhill Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface Foreword; Mark Ravenhill Artaud at the Balinese Theatre What is Globalization? Theatre and Globalization? It's the Economy, Stupid Karl Marx Nineteenth-century Globalization Twentieth-century Globalization Globalization: For and Against McTheatre A Short History of the Theatre Programme The Anti-globalization Movement Localization Cosmopolitanism Universals and Theatre Cosmopolitanism vs. Globalization Theatre& Cosmopolitanism Conclusion Further Reading Index.
