The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre (Hardcover, 208,910 ed.)

Instead of treating modernism principally as a thing of the past, this volume highlights modernism as an impulse that can be carried forward to the present, re-embodied and re-encountered in theatrical performance. It demonstrates how modernist impulses spark contemporary theatre in electric and dynamic ways, continuing the modernist imperative to 'make it new' and to engage meaningfully with the complicated situation of living in the contemporary world. Through a diverse set of contributions from scholars and theatre practitioners, this book examines the legacy of modernism on the world stage in acts of remembrance, restaging, transmission and slippage. It investigates both well-known and less familiar aspects of modernist theatre history, engaging topics such as the revival of the first Black American musical, feminist and disability-led reinterpretations of canonical modernist plays, the use of modernist-inspired performance practice in contemporary university arts education and the continually contested meaning and importance of the avant-garde.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
Release date:	June 2023
Editors:	Adrian Curtin • Nicholas Johnson • Naomi Paxton • Claire Warden
Dimensions:	244 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	432
Edition:	208,910 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-9504-2
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4744-9504-4
Barcode:	9781474495042

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