Playing for Time: Stories of Lost Children, Ghosts and the Endangered Present in Contemporary Theatre

By Geraldine Cousin

Book Overview

Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719061989
• ISBN13: 9780719061981
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"