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Cultural convergence : the dublin gate theatre, 1928-1960
Based on extensive archival research, this open access book examines the poetics and politics of the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) over the first three decades of its existence, discussing some of its remarkable productions in the comparative contexts of avant-garde theatre, Hollywood cinema, popular culture, and the development of Irish-language theatre, respectively. The overarching objecti…
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- -
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- 9783030575625
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- XVIII, 244 p
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- -
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- 792.09 OND c
Theatre and war : notes from the field
"Nandita Dinesh places Kipling’s ""six honest serving-men"" (who, what, when, where, why, how) in productive conversation with her own experiences in conflict zones across the world to offer a theoretical and practical reflection on making theatre in times of war. This timely and important book weaves together Dinesh’s personal narrative with the public story of modern conflict, illustratin…
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- Edition 14
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- 9781783742585
- Collation
- 210 p
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- -
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- 809.293581 DIN t
Postdramatic dramaturgies : resonances between Asia and Europe
This book compiles lectures by the world's leading practitioners of postdramatic theatre from East Asia and the German-speaking world, which were given at Asia's only dramaturgy degree program at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing 2018/19. It includes first-time English-language scripts of the discussed plays. The material is complemented by contextualizing essays by the program founder Li…
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- Edisi 9
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839459973
- Collation
- xi; ill; 308 p.
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- -
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- 792.095 TUC p
Theatre and democracy : building democracy in post-war and post-democratic co…
Theatre and Democracy: Building Democracy in Post-war and Post-democratic Contexts is the outcome of a longstanding collaboration between two centers of applied theatre education and research in South-Africa and Norway, respectively (2017–2022). It presents knowledge, critical conversations and artistic work related to issues of democracy, both historical and contemporary. Within the global f…
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- -
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- 9788202711825
- Collation
- 285 p.
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- -
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- 792 THE t
Pragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage
This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and tragedies spanning from the 5th century B.C.E. to the 1st century C.E. are investigated in terms of im/politeness, theory of mind, interpersonal pragm…
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- -
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- 9789004440265
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- XIII, 496 p.
- Series Title
- The Language of Classical Literature, 32
- Call Number
- 882.009 PRA p
Theater as data : computational journeys into theater research
In Theater as Data, Miguel Escobar Varela explores the use of computational methods and digital data in theater research. He considers the implications of these new approaches, and explains the roles that statistics and visualizations play. Reflecting on recent debates in the humanities, the author suggests that there are two ways of using data, both of which have a place in theater research. D…
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- 9780472128631
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- VIII, 222 p.
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- -
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- 792.028 ESC t
Theaters of citizenship : aesthetics and politics of avant-gardist performanc…
Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, arguing that it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to an undercommons of revolutionary cultural practice. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book tells a story of this avant-garde from 2004-2014, analyzing its staging of rights claims, generational identity politics, and post-revolutio…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780810141773
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- XI, 175 p.
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- -
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- 792.02209620905 PAH t
Chinese and Japanese music-dramas
Chinese and Japanese Music-Dramas is the result of a conference on the relations between Chinese and Japanese music-drama held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on October 1–4, 1971. In addition to the Association for Asian Studies, four U-M departments participated in the conference: the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for Chinese Studies, the School of Music, and the Speech …
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- -
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- 9780472901371
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- VIII, 255 p.
- Series Title
- Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies, 19
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- 782.10951 CHI c
Street theatre and the production of postindustrial space : working memories
Street theatre and the production of postindustrial space explores how street theatre transforms industrial space into postindustrial space. Deindustrializing communities have increasingly turned to cultural projects to commemorate industrial heritage while simultaneously generating surplus value and jobs in a changing economy. Through analysis of French street theatre companies working out of …
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- -
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- 9781526147288
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- X, 205 p.
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- -
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- 792.0220944 CAL s
Constructions of cultural identities in newsreel cinema and television after …
Newsreel cinema and television not only served as an important tool in the shaping of political spheres and the construction of national and cultural identities up to the 1960s. Today’s potent televisual forms were furthermore developed in and strongly influenced by newsreels, and much of the archived newsreel footage is repeatedly used to both illustrate and re-stage past events and their si…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839429754
- Collation
- 230 p.
- Series Title
- MedienAnalysen
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- 791 CON c
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