Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

by Luke McDonagh

Book Overview

Based on empirical research, this innovative book explores issues of performativity and authorship in the theatre world under copyright law and addresses several inter-connected questions: who is the author and first owner of a dramatic work? Who gets the credit and the licensing rights? What rights do the performers of the work have? Given the nature of theatre as a medium reliant on the re-use of prior existing works, tropes, themes and plots,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150994916X
• ISBN13: 9781509949168
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"