Staging the end of the world : theatre in a time of climate crisis /
This book is a brief history of the end of the world as seen through the eyes of theater. It examines a wide range of plays, from Euripides and Bhasa, to medieval mystery cycles, through Shakespeare, Pushkin, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht and Samuel Beckett, to Caryl Churchill's Far Away, Tony Kushner...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Methuen Drama,
[2023].
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| Summary: | This book is a brief history of the end of the world as seen through the eyes of theater. It examines a wide range of plays, from Euripides and Bhasa, to medieval mystery cycles, through Shakespeare, Pushkin, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht and Samuel Beckett, to Caryl Churchill's Far Away, Tony Kushner's Slavs! and Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. Through analyzing these alongside contemporary thinkers, this study helps guide and galvanize the reader in grappling with the climate crisis. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 264 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350309913 1350309915 1350309958 9781350309951 |