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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Tomlin, Liz
Titre(s) : Political dramaturgies and theatre spectatorship [Texte imprimé] : provocations for change / Liz Tomlin
Publication : London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (205 p.) ; 23 cm
Collection : Methuen drama engage
Lien à la collection : Methuen drama engage
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Has political theatre lost its potency and ability to effect change? Are audiences
less inclined to be moved and less able to imagine alternative political realities
in our individualized age? What strategies should theatre makers employ to respond
to our present climate in ways that are both affective and effective? In this important
study Liz Tomlin argues that the capacities of the contemporary and future spectator
to be 'effected' or 'affected' by politically-motivated theatre needs to be urgently
re-evaluated in light of the current political and philosophical climate. Drawing
on a wide range of philosophical, psychological and sociological research Tomlin proposes
that politically-motivated practice needs to take into account the spectator's decreasing
capacity for empathy and ability to imagine the future, and an understanding of how
individualism has replaced collectivism as the seemingly rational human response to
danger to the self. She offers a re-evaluation of politically-motivated models of
contemporary theatre such as Brechtian ideology critique, radical tragedy, documentary,
verbatim and relational theatre practices in order to rigorously interrogate if and
how theatre can best contribute to the emerging resistance to global neoliberal capitalism.
Work analyzed ranges from dramatic texts including George Brant's Grounded, David
Greig's The Events and Caryl Churchill's Advice to Iraqi Women and Far Away to contemporary
performance by Stan's Cafe, Ontroerend Goed, Coney and Kaleider; to new performance
writing by Chris Thorpe and Andy Smith"
Sujet(s) : Théâtre et politique
Théâtre et société
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781474295604. - ISBN 1474295606. - ISBN 9781474295628 (erroné). - ISBN 9781474295611
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457434063
Notice n° :
FRBNF45743406
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Real and imagined spectators ; The autonomous spectator ; Precarious spectators
; Political logics and contemporary dramaturgies ; Questions of irony and interpellation
; Questions of autonomy and affect ; Questions of empathy and agonism ; Questions
of antagonism and agency.
