Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture - (Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society) by John Orr (Hardcover)

Name: Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture - (Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society) by John Orr (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1006474637
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This study examines the historical relationship between tragicomedy in the modernist theatre and the performative culture of Western consumer societies.
Author(s): John Orr
170 Pages
Performing Arts, General
Series Name: Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society

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A perceptive study of the relationship between contemporary play writing and the society that gives rise to it

Book Synopsis

This study examines the historical relationship between tragicomedy in the modernist theatre and the performative culture of Western consumer societies. While discussing a wide range of playwrights, it focusses specifically on the work of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard. Their plays, it is argued, illuminate the forms of pleasure, fear, performance and corruption which dominate our daily lives. Tragicomedy is seen as unique becuae of the existential playfulness and confusion of its protagonists, and because of its muted vision of apocalypse in the nuclear age.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)

Weight: .83 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 170

Genre: Performing Arts

Sub-Genre: General

Series Title: Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Format: Hardcover

Author: John Orr

Language: English

Street Date: September 23, 1991

TCIN: 1006474637

UPC: 9780333448793

Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-3551

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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