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Women, Collective Creation, and Devised Performance: The Rise of Women Theatre Artists in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Proudfit, Scott; Syssoyeva, Kathryn Mederos. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 258 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
This book explores the role and centrality of women in the development of collaborative theatre practice, alongside the significance of collective creation and devising in the development of the modern theatre.
Tracing a web of women theatremakers in Europe and North America, this book explores the connections between early twentieth century collective theatre practices such as workers theatre and the dramatic play movement, and the subsequent spread of theatrical devising. Chapters investigate the work of the Settlement Houses, total theatre in 1920s’ France, the mid-century avant-garde and New Left collectives, the nomadic performances of Europe’s transnational theatre troupes, street-theatre ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137603272
SKU
V9781137603272
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99-15
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A theatre director, teacher and scholar, Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva’s publications include A History of Collective Creation and Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance (2013). Work in development includes Meyerhold and Stanislavsky at Povarskaya Street: Art, Money, Politics, and the Birth of Laboratory Theatre. Scott Proudfit is Assistant Professor in English at Elon University, USA. ... Read more
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