{"product_id":"theatre-of-the-real-gina-masucci-mackenzie-9780814257371","title":"Theatre of the Real: Yeats, Beckett, and Sondheim","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of the Real: Yeats, Beckett, and Sondheim\u003c\/i\u003e traces the thread of \u003ci\u003ejouissance\u003c\/i\u003e (the simultaneous experience of radical pleasure and pain) through three major theatre figures of the twentieth century. Gina Masucci MacKenzie's work engages theatrical text and performance in dialogue with the Lacanian Real, so as to re-envision modern theatre as the cultural site where author, actor, and audience come into direct contact with personal and collective traumas. By showing how a transgressively free subject may be formed through theatrical experience, MacKenzie concludes that modern theatre can liberate the individual from the socially constructed self. \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of the Real\u003c\/i\u003e revises views of modern theatre by demonstrating how it can lead to a collaborative effort required for innovative theatrical work. By foregrounding Yeats's \"dancer\" plays, the author shows how these intimate pieces contribute to the historical development of musical as well as modern theatre. Beckett's universal dramas then pave the way for Sondheim's postmodern cacophonies of idea and spirit as they introduce comic abjection into modernism's tragic mode. This exciting work from a new author will leave readers with fresh insight to theatrical performance and its necessity in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Masucci MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814257372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814257371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Gina Masucci MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944058552575,"sku":"9780814257371","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_246aeb21-32ee-44ad-acc2-3b0c09d58add.jpg?v=1681501546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-of-the-real-gina-masucci-mackenzie-9780814257371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}