Performance Interventions: Political Appropriations in the Postcommunist Czech Republic

Kostihová, M.

Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-10-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230203242

DOI: 10.1057/9780230290426

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 210