Staging the Holocaust : The Shoah in Drama and Performance
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
ISBN-10
0521035201
ISBN-13
9780521035200
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 14th, 2006
Print length
372 Pages
Weight
566 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.30 cms
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This book describes and analyses theatre productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany which deal with the Holocaust. It traces the development of realistic/documentary stagings through to controversial avant-garde shows. It provides many rare drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography.
'To portray the Holocaust, one has to create a work of art', says Claude Lanzmann, the director of Shoah. However, can the Holocaust be turned into theatre? Is it possible to portray on stage events that, by their monstrosity, defy human comprehension? These are the questions addressed by the playwrights and the scholars featured in this book. Their essays present and analyse plays performed in Israel, America, France, Italy, Poland and, of course, Germany. The style of presentation ranges from docudramas to avant-garde performances, from realistic impersonation of historical figures to provocative and nightmarish spectacles. The book is illustrated with original production photographs and some rare drawings and documents; it also contains an important descriptive bibliography of more than two hundred Holocaust plays.
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