{"product_id":"derrida-benjamin-two-plays-for-the-stage-hardcover","title":"Derrida Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Schad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFred Dalmasso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the work of both Jacques Derrida and Walter Benjamin there is a buried theatricality, a theatre to-come. And in the last fifteen years there has been a growing awareness of this theatricality. To date, though, there has not been a published stage play about either Derrida or Benjamin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCue \u003ci\u003eDerrida Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume that brings together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways - above all, in the way that the central philosophical figure is displaced, or not quite where or when we would expect to find them. In Derrida's case, it is Oxford in 1968; in Benjamin's case, it is somewhere (or nowhere) near London in 1948. These, then, are plays in which the philosopher is exiled, or elsewhere - not quite himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis a volume for anyone with an eye or ear for where theatre or performance meets philosophy - students, scholars, readers, actors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the work of both Jacques Derrida and Walter Benjamin there is a buried theatricality, a theatre to-come. And in the last fifteen years there has been a growing awareness of this theatricality. To date, though, there has not been a published stage play about either Derrida or Benjamin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCue \u003ci\u003eDerrida Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume that brings together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways - above all, in the way that the central philosophical figure is displaced, or not quite where or when we would expect to find them. In Derrida's case, it is Oxford in 1968; in Benjamin's case, it is somewhere (or nowhere) near London in 1948. These, then, are plays in which the philosopher is exiled, or elsewhere - not quite himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis a volume for anyone with an eye or ear for where theatre or performance meets philosophy - students, scholars, readers, actors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at University of Lancaster, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eVictorians in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eQueer Fish\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eSomeone Called Derrida\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Late Walter Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eParis Bride\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) - plus two retrospectives: \u003ci\u003eHostage of the Word\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eJohn Schad in Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFred Dalmasso is Lecturer in Drama at Loughborough University, UK. He is a screenwriter, theatre director, and performer. He has worked in the theatre industry in both France and Ireland and is now the artistic director of the performance group \u003ci\u003ecollect-ifs.\u003c\/i\u003e His publications focus on practice-based theatre translation, performance philosophy and include \u003ci\u003eSyncope in Performing and Visual Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 197\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709790883903,"sku":"9783030498061","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a19d9211d85e8e85ffcfd0b3a9ab933b.webp?v=1765052713","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/derrida-benjamin-two-plays-for-the-stage-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}