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Performing Story on the Contemporary Stage

Performing Story on the Contemporary Stage

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Performing Story on the Contemporary Stage

T. Maguire

Performing Arts / General

This book explores the way in which the contemporary proliferation of forms of storytelling practice in international theatre has created a distinctive set of performance practices. Texts and performers discussed include Split Britches, Billy Connolly, Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy, Spalding Gray, David Hare's Via Dolorosa

Tom Maguire is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre studies at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. A specialist in contemporary British and Irish theatre, he has published books including Making Theatre in Northern Ireland (2006) and edited collections such as Theatre for Young Audiences in the UK, with Karian Schuitema (2013). He serves on the Editorial Board for About Performance and as Chair of the Board of Big Telly Theatre Company.


Publication Date: 26 January 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9781137356406
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 201

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