Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage: An Exploration of Metatheatrical Techniques (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

Synopsis

This book offers the first major discussion of metatheatre in Australian drama of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It highlights metatheatre’s capacity to illuminate the wider social, cultural, and artistic contexts in which plays have been produced. 　 Drawing from existing scholarly arguments about the value of considering metatheatre holistically, this book deploys a range of critical approaches, combining textual and production analysis, archival research, interviews, and reflections gained from observing rehearsals. Focusing on four plays and their Australian productions, the book uses these examples to showcase how metatheatre has been utilised to generate powerful elements of critique, particularly of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations. It highlights metatheatre’s vital place in Australian dramatic and theatrical history and connects this Australian tradition to wider concepts in the development of contemporary theatre. 　 This illuminating text will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian theatre (historic and contemporary) as well as those researching and studying drama and theatre studies more broadly.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

196 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000600667

Related ISBNs:

9781032150536, 9781003242284, 9781032150543

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/10/22

Copyrighted By:

Rebecca Clode, The right of Rebecca Clode to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater

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