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Modern Popular Theatre
Jason Price
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Description for Modern Popular Theatre
Paperback. A concise history of popular theatre in the 20th and 21st centuries. This book questions how we define the distinguishing principles of popular theatre, considers the use of popular forms in experimental and avant-garde theatre, and introduces a range of international artists and theatre makers. Series: Theatre and Performance Practices. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; AN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
This book offers a concise history of popular theatre since the early twentieth century. Using key popular culture theories and critical perspectives, Jason Price analyses popular theatres across different cultural and political contexts, drawing on a diverse range of international artists and theatre-makers who have worked with popular forms, including Vsevolod Meyerhold, Blue Blouse, Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Bread and Puppet Theatre and more. As well as defining what 'popular' means in relation to performance and the audiences who watch it, the book considers some of the political frameworks and ... Read more
This book offers a concise history of popular theatre since the early twentieth century. Using key popular culture theories and critical perspectives, Jason Price analyses popular theatres across different cultural and political contexts, drawing on a diverse range of international artists and theatre-makers who have worked with popular forms, including Vsevolod Meyerhold, Blue Blouse, Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Bread and Puppet Theatre and more. As well as defining what 'popular' means in relation to performance and the audiences who watch it, the book considers some of the political frameworks and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Condition
New
Series
Theatre and Performance Practices
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230368958
SKU
V9780230368958
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About Jason Price
Jason Price is Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Sussex, UK. His research interests lie in the areas of popular performance and theatres for social change; in particular, his work is often concerned with performance and social class, theatre as community and public engagement, and the wider politics of performance.
Reviews for Modern Popular Theatre
'A thoroughly useful volume of carefully compiled and intelligently discussed material. In tracing a lineage from the socialist working class theatre of the early twentieth century to contemporary examples such as Forced Entertainment, Jason Price makes an important contribution to debates about popular theatre.' - Oliver Double, University of Kent, UK 'Jason Price's Modern Popular Theatre offers a necessary alternative ... Read more