Theatre and The Rural

Jo Robinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

104 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-137-47193-2 (ISBN)

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This exploration of theatre and the rural argues that the reality of the lived rural is overlaid with external representations, often coloured by nostalgia, which are reflected and potentially created by theatre and its practices. It suggests that we need to re-engage with the actuality of the rural in order to fully understand our own nations.

How has theatre represented the rural? And how does a re-viewing of theatre of and in the rural help to build and complicate our sense of place?

Theatre & the Rural explores the different ways in which theatre has performed the rural from the medieval to the contemporary, and examines the changing relationships between place, performance and audience when theatre is staged in rural communities. The book argues that theatre has a key role to play in both producing and potentially changing understandings of the rural, challenging dominant views of the relationships between city and country which can affect the political, social and cultural lives of the nation.

Jo Robinson is Associate Professor in Drama and Performance at the University of Nottingham, UK. She was awarded the Lord Dearing Teaching Award in July 2010. Jo's broad research interests focus on the relationships between performance, place, community and region from the nineteenth-century onwards

Series Editors' Preface.- Foreword.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Defining the Rural.- 3. Performing the Rural.- 4. The Rural as a Site for Performance.- 5. Conclusion.- Further Reading.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2016
Reihe/Serie	Theatre And
Reihe/Serie	Theatre And
Zusatzinfo	104 p.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 178 mm
Gewicht	115 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10	1-137-47193-X / 113747193X
ISBN-13	978-1-137-47193-2 / 9781137471932
Zustand	Neuware