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Through a series of reflections from internationally renowned
performance-makers and contextualising essays from leading theatre
and performance scholars, this is the first book to map the
influence of Roland Barthes on performance. The contributions are
framed through Barthes's notion of 'neutral dramaturgies' - a
welcome antidote to the political deadlock of our present moment -
and cover the breadth of Barthes's work from his essay 'The Death
of the Author' (1967) to Mythologies (1972), Camera Lucida (1981),
A Lover's Discourse (1990) to the more recently available lecture
courses at the College de France. Together, they capture a range of
Barthes's preoccupations, from his early writing on myths and
meaning to personal reflections on love, loss and desire, and
interrogate the intersections between Barthes's work and
contemporary theatre and performance. Having read this book,
readers can approach Barthes's writing from a breadth of creative
perspectives, be more aware of the importance of his late thought
for thinking through a range of dramaturgical forms, and become
more familiar with the work of internationally significant
performance practitioners and the possible critical perspectives to
analyse his work.
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