{"product_id":"disability-theatre-and-modern-drama-kirsty-johnston-9781408184783","title":"Disability Theatre and Modern Drama: Recasting Modernism","description":"Bertolt Brecht's silent Kattrin in \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e, or the disability performance lessons of his Peachum in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e; Tennessee Williams' limping Laura Wingfield in \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e and hard-of-hearing Bodey in \u003ci\u003eA Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur\u003c\/i\u003e; Samuel Beckett's blind Hamm and his physically disabled parents Nagg and Nell in \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e - these and many further examples attest to disability's critical place in modern drama. This Companion explores how disability performance studies and theatre practice provoke new debate about the place of disability in these works. The book traces the local and international processes and tensions at play in disability theatre, and offers a critical investigation of the challenges its aesthetics pose to mainstream and traditional practice. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book's first part surveys disability theatre's primary principles, critical terms, internal debates and key challenges to theatre practice. Examining specific disability theatre productions of modern drama, it also suggests how disability has been re-envisaged and embodied on stage. In the book's second part, leading disability studies scholars and disability theatre practitioners analyse and creatively re-imagine modern drama, demonstrating how disability aesthetics press practitioners and scholars to rethink these works in generative, valuable and timely ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirsty Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408184788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408184783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Kirsty Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925472968959,"sku":"9781408184783","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_22575e9c-19b9-4693-a533-bc57c9e7246e.jpg?v=1681077478","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disability-theatre-and-modern-drama-kirsty-johnston-9781408184783","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}