{"product_id":"the-risk-theatre-model-of-edwin-wong-9781525537561","title":"The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected","description":"WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy presents a profoundly original theory of drama that speaks to modern audiences living in an increasingly volatile world driven by artificial intelligence, gene editing, globalization, and mutual assured destruction ideologies. Tragedy, according to risk theatre, puts us face to face with the unexpected implications of our actions by simulating the profound impact of highly improbable events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, classicist Edwin Wong shows how tragedy imitates reality: heroes, by taking inordinate risks, trigger devastating low-probability, high-consequence outcomes. Such a theatre forces audiences to ask themselves a most timely question---what happens when the perfect bet goes wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot only does Wong reinterpret classic tragedies from Aeschylus to O'Neill through the risk theatre lens, he also invites dramatists to create tomorrow's theatre. As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, the most compelling dramas will be high-stakes tragedies that dramatize the unintended consequences of today's risk takers who are taking us past the point of no return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwin Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1525537563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781525537561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2019","brand":"Edwin Wong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989974712575,"sku":"9781525537561","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e017f252-0f1c-484e-a0c4-a8331de1a3b6.jpg?v=1683302376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-risk-theatre-model-of-edwin-wong-9781525537561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}