Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138994843)

This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, 'night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James McDonald.

Author: Kimball King
ISBN-10: 1138994847
ISBN-13: 9781138994843
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2016
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d