The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard

by Baz Kershaw

Book Overview

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre which, says Kershaw, is largely outdated and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying focused on the period between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415186676
• ISBN13: 9780415186674
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"