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Contemporary theatres in Europe [electronic resource] : a critical companion / - London ; New York : Routledge, c2006. - 1 online resource (xviii, 214 pages) : illustrations.

Human stuff / Joe Kelleher -- Investigating the entrails / Nicholas Till -- Encountering memory / Heike Roms -- On the border as theatrical space / Sophie Nield -- Foreign bodies / Sarah Gorman -- Dying bodies, living corpses / Marin Blažević -- Desire amongst the dodgems / Adrian Kerr -- 'Constitutive ambiguities' / Susan Melrose -- Marshfield mummers / Mike Pearson -- The gift of play / Andrew QuicK -- Authority, empowerment and fairy tales / Bridget Escolme -- Make-believe / Nicholas Ridout -- After the fall / Adrian Heathfield -- What state am I in? or, How to be a spectator / Simon Bayly.

Through specific examples, case studies and essays, this collection of essays looks at theatre practices across Europe. From "Theatre du Soleil" to "SocA-etas Raffaello Sanzio", it reconsiders the possibilities of theatre practice, its relation to history and location, and its place in Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century.

ISBN: 9780415329392 (hbk) 0415329396 (hbk) 9780415329408 (pbk.) 041532940X (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Theater–Europe–History–20th century.
Theater–Europe– History–21st century.

Dewey Class. No.: 792.0940904