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Get real : documentary theatre past and present / edited by Alison Forsyth and Chris Megson.

Contributor(s): Forsyth, Alison, 1961- [editor.] | Megson, Christopher [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Performance interventionsPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, [2010]Description: xii, 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781349306688 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Theater and society | Theater -- Political aspects | Theater -- Anthropological aspects | Political plays -- History and criticism | Reality in literature | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792'.013 Summary: Over the past two decades, theatre practitioners across the West have turned to documentary modes of performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. The essays in this book place this work in context, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre, and applying a range of critical perspectives.
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Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Over the past two decades, theatre practitioners across the West have turned to documentary modes of performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. The essays in this book place this work in context, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre, and applying a range of critical perspectives.

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