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" Theatre on trial : "
Anna McMullan.
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BL
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1008716
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b763086
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| Main Entry
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McMullan, Anna,1957-
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Theatre on trial : : Samuel Beckett's later drama /\ Anna McMullan.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 1993.
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vi, 155 pages ;; 22 cm
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0203359224
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: 0415052025
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: 9780203359228
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: 9780415052023
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-150) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Mimicking Mimesis -- Play: Theatre on Trial -- Catastrophe: The Body in Representation -- What Where: Shades of Authority -- 2. Masquerades of Self -- That Time: Between Frames -- A Piece of Monologue: Beyond the Frame -- 3. This Sex Which Is Not One -- Not I: Staging the Feminine From Excess to Absence -- Come and Go: A Pattern of Shades -- 4. Refiguring Authority -- Footfalls: Dreadfully Un- -- Rockaby: Those Arms at Last -- Ohio Imromptu: Rites of Passage -- Conclusion: Beckett and Performance -- Back to the Future.
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"Theatre on Trial is the first full-length analysis of Samuel Beckett's later drama in the context of contemporary critical and performance theory. Anna McMullan employs a close, textual examination of the later plays as a springboard for exploring ideas around authority, gender and the ideology of performance." "Recent work in the field of critical theory has suggested new ways of looking at performance practice. McMullan argues that, while contemporary theory can deepen our understanding of Beckett's dramatic practice, Beckett's drama places performance in the context of a metaphysical history and a metatheatrical tradition, thereby confronting and provoking some of the central debates in performance studies' engagement with critical theory." "Theatre on Trial will be of vital interest to students and teachers of performance studies. The author's application of theories of deconstruction, psychoanalysis and feminism to Beckett's work will break new ground in theatre studies."--Jacket.
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Beckett, Samuel,1906-1989-- Dramatic works.
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Beckett, Samuel,1906-1989.
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Beckett, Samuel,(1906-1989)-- Oeuvres-- Théâtre.
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Beckett, Samuel,1906-1989
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Beckett, Samuel,1906-1989-- Dramatic works.
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Criticism and interpretation.
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Toneelschrijvers.
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Toneelstukken.
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| Dewey Classification
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842/.914
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PR6003.E282Z777 1993
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18.05bcl
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18.23bcl
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