Theatre of the unimpressed : in search of vital drama /
A lot of plays are bad. And one bad play, it seems, can turn us off theater for good. So, what can we learn from the bad play? Jordan Tannahill, after talking to theater heavy-hitters from Australia to Berlin, offers a roadmap for a renewed theater, one that is less insular, less insulting, with bet...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Canada :
Coach House Books,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Exploded views
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: A cough in the dark
- Boredom : the boring play
- The well-made play
- If it's not broken
- Museum theatre
- Mental real estate
- Liveness : why live?
- Theatre is where frightened filmmakers go to die
- @ the theatre
- Failure : Beckett's children
- Crafting the cough
- Falling on our faces
- Epilogue: Karen's favourite play
- Dramatis personae