Staging Postcommunism: Alternative Theatre in Eastern and Central Europe After 1989

by Vessela S. Warner and Diana Manole

Theatre in Eastern and Central Europe was never the same after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In the transition to a postcommunist world, "alternative theatre" found ways to grapple with political chaos, corruption, and aggressive implementation of a market economy. Three decades later, this volume is the first comprehensive examination of alternative theatre in ten former communist countries. The essays focus on companies and artists that radically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609386779
• ISBN13: 9781609386771
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"