Beyond Documentary Realism: Aesthetic Transgressions in British Verbatim Theatre (Contemporary Drama in English Studies, 30)

Brand: De Gruyter

Author: Garson, Cyrielle

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 398

EAN: 9783110696691

Release Date: 22-02-2021

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 10.6 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches

model number: 39562296

Details: Verbatim theatre, a type of performance based on actual words spoken by ''real people'', has been at the heart of a remarkable and unexpected renaissance of the genre in Great Britain since the mid-nineties. The central aim of the book is to critically explore and account for the relationship between contemporary British verbatim theatre and realism whilst questioning the much-debated mediation of the real in theses theatre practices.