Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada - Couverture souple

Filewod, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1926662768 ISBN 13 : 9781926662763

Editeur : Between the Lines, 2012

Synopsis

Committing Theatre offers the first full-length historical study of political intervention theatre and theatrical spectatorship in English Canada. Building on twenty years of research and engagement in the field, this book's historical narrative frames close-up examples of how theatre artists have intervened in and engaged with political struggle from the mid-19th century to the present. Lumber-camp mock trials, Mayday parades and street protests, the Workers Theatre Movement, agitprop theatre, the counter-culture theatre of the 1960s and 1970s, and more recent anarchist theatre collectives all played a role in a vibrant and unique radical theatre culture that went largely unnoticed, unrecorded, and undocumented by the professional theatre establishment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Filewod is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph and a recognized authority on Canada's theatre history. He has been involved in political theatre for over thirty years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Between the Lines
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1926662768
• ISBN 13: 9781926662763
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible