Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

by Sara Jane Bailes and Jane Bailes Sara

Book Overview

What does it mean to "fail" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail?

In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415490995
• ISBN13: 9780415490993
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"