Everything : and other performance texts from Germany /
Drawn from theatre events variously described as documentary, post-dramatic, and live art, the texts collected here seldom look or read like plays-some comprise rules for improvisation; others could best be described as theatrical scenarios; a few are transcripts; one includes a soup recipe. Yet ami...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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London :
Seagull Books,
2019.
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| Series: | In performance (Series)
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| Summary: | Drawn from theatre events variously described as documentary, post-dramatic, and live art, the texts collected here seldom look or read like plays-some comprise rules for improvisation; others could best be described as theatrical scenarios; a few are transcripts; one includes a soup recipe. Yet amid these dramaturgical tests and trials, one finds poetry: heartbreaking stories of disability and triumph as well as strange, disjointed fairy tales interrupted by communist songs. This volume is an extension of the original theatrical experiments. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxviii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780857426123 0857426125 |