Contemporary Gothic Drama: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage

by Kelly Jones

Book Overview

1. Introduction: Gothic theatricality/the theatrical Gothic.- Part I. Attractions.- 2. The Call of the Cthonic: from Titus Andronicus to X, David Ian Rabey.- 3. Death, Decay and Domesticity: The Corpse as Pivotal Stage Presence in Howard Barker's Dead Hands, Lara Kipp.- 4. Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and the Postmodern Gothic, Catherine Rees.- Part II. Consummation.- 5. Staging Angela Carter, Frances Babbage.- 6. Little...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134995358X
• ISBN13: 9781349953585
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"