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Performing History: Theatrical Representations of the Past in Contemporary Theatre.

Part of the Studies in Theatre History & Culture series
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An examination of the ways in which the theatre after World War II has presented different aspects of the French Revolution and the Holocaust.

The book shows that by "performing history" actors - as witnesses for the departed witnesses - bring the historical past and theatrical present together.

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Product Details
University of Iowa Press,.
1587293366 / 9781587293368
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
25/04/2002
English
236 pages
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