Staging the Holocaust: The Shoah in Drama and Performance Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schumacher, Claude (Editor), Bradby, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521035201 ISBN-13: 9780521035200 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: This book describes and analyzes theater productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany that deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays "in performance," and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Drama | Religious & Liturgical |
Dewey: 809.293 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 372 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: This book describes and analyzes theater productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany that deal with the Holocaust. The collected essays trace the development of the realistic/documentary stagings of the 1950s-1970s through to today's very controversial avant-garde shows. This is the first book that deals with Holocaust plays in performance, and provides many previously unpublished drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography. |