The Politics of Performance

"The Politics of Performance" is a contribution to the long-running debate about the theatre as an agent of change. It addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance, through its investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. The author proposes a theory of performance as ideological transaction, cultural intervention and community action, examining the nature of alternative theatre as a movement and the aesthetics of its styles of production, especially in the context of progressive activity elsewhere. It analyzes in detail the work of key practitioners in socially engaged theatre during four decades, and provides a detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics of drama and theatre studies, cultural studies and professional theatre workers.

ISBN 0415057639   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9780415057639 (What's this?)   Pages 296 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 408 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 02 Jul 1992   Height (mm) 216 Non-book description 281 p. ;   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress PN2595.3.K   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 792.01   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

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