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Jen (Ed) Harvie - Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes - 9780719074929 - V9780719074929
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Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes

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Description for Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes Paperback. .

Making contemporary theatre reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made.

The book opens with an introductory chapter which contextualises recent trends in approaches to theatre-making. In the ensuing eleven chapters, eleven different writer-observers describe, contextualise and analyse the theatre-making practices of eleven different companies and directors, including Japan’s Gekidan Kaitaisha and the Québécois director Robert Lepage. Each chapter is enriched with extensive illustrations as well as boxed-off ‘asides’, giving the reader different perspectives on the work. Chapters usually focus on a single production, such as Complicite’s 2003-04 The Elephant Vanishes, allowing detailed ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Theatre: Theory, Practice, Performance
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719074929
SKU
V9780719074929
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Jen (Ed) Harvie
Jen Harvie is Reader in Theatre and Performance in the Drama Department at Queen Mary, University of London. Andy Lavender is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Dean of Research at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London -- .

Reviews for Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes
'Consistently insightful and instructive.' Roger Bechtel, Theatre Survey, 54 (1) 2013
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