Contemporary Gothic Drama Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jones, Kelly (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Poore, Benjamin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dean, Robert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Gothic
• Θέματα: Motion pictures.; Theater-History.; Ethnology-Europe.; Film Theory.; Theatre History.; British Culture.

This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to explorations of the Gothic's pow...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Gothic theatricality/the theatrical Gothic
• Part I. Attractions
• 2. The Call of the Cthonic: from Titus Andronicus to X, David Ian Rabey
• 3. Death, Decay and Domesticity: The Corpse as Pivotal Stage Presence in Howard Barker's Dead Hands, Lara Kipp
• 4. Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and the Postmodern Gothic, Catherine Rees
• Part II. Consummation
• 5. Staging Angela Carter, Frances Babbage
• 6. Little Monsters: Gothic Children and Contemporary Theatrical Performance, Kelly Jones
• 7. Uncanny Audio: The Place and Use of Sound in Gothic Performance, Richard J. Hand
• 8. The "Phan"-dom of the Opera: Gothic Fan Cultures and Intertextual Otherness, Adam Rush
• Part III. Consumption
• 9. 'I hate this job': Guiding Ripper Tours in the East End, Emma McEvoy
• 10. 'The Outcast Dead': Performance, Memory and Sites of Mourning at Cross Bones Graveyard, Clare Nally
• 11. Playing in the Dark: Possession and Performance, Robert Dean
• 12. Staging the Séance: The Spirit Medium and the Gothic in Modern Theatre, Benjamin Poore
• 13. Coda: Writing the Ghost: An interview with playwright Michael Punter, Benjamin Poore.