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Author_James MacDonald
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Product details
- ISBN 9781841504162
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 17 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2013
- Publisher: Intellect
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Designed for undergraduate performance, Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humor. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of physical, moral, and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age. Performance theory is crucial to understanding how performance affects collective understanding, and this book will be of interest to a broad range of students of drama and theater.
Author of 40 plays. Commissioned by Exeter Council/Exeter Arts Centre to write a 60-strong community play on the city's experience of World War II. Written otherwise for the Soho Theatre, BAC, Edinburgh Fringe, various other venues and companies
