{"product_id":"disability-theatre-and-modern-drama-recasting-modernism-paperback","title":"Disability Theatre and Modern Drama: Recasting Modernism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirsty Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Wetmore Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Lonergan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertolt Brecht's silent Kattrin in \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e, or the disability performance lessons of his Peachum in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e; Tennessee Williams' limping Laura Wingfield in \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e and hard-of-hearing Bodey in \u003ci\u003eA Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur\u003c\/i\u003e; Samuel Beckett's blind Hamm and his physically disabled parents Nagg and Nell in \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e - these and many further examples attest to disability's critical place in modern drama. This Companion explores how disability performance studies and theatre practice provoke new debate about the place of disability in these works. The book traces the local and international processes and tensions at play in disability theatre, and offers a critical investigation of the challenges its aesthetics pose to mainstream and traditional practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's first part surveys disability theatre's primary principles, critical terms, internal debates and key challenges to theatre practice. Examining specific disability theatre productions of modern drama, it also suggests how disability has been re-envisaged and embodied on stage. In the book's second part, leading disability studies scholars and disability theatre practitioners analyse and creatively re-imagine modern drama, demonstrating how disability aesthetics press practitioners and scholars to rethink these works in generative, valuable and timely ways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsty Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her publications include the monograph \u003ci\u003eStage Turns: Canadian Disability Theatre \u003c\/i\u003e(2012)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand she has also published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eModern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Topics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Medical Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718273044543,"sku":"9781408184783","price":79.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/26191c24ebae53c13b9b463b2f87d687.webp?v=1765081338","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/disability-theatre-and-modern-drama-recasting-modernism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}