Performing History: Theatrical Representations of the Past in Conetmporary TheatreUniversity of Iowa Press, 25.04.2002 - 256 Seiten In his examination of the ways in which theatre participates in the ongoing representations of and debates about the past, Freddie Rokem concentrates on the ways in which theatre after World War II has presented different aspects of the French Revolution and the Holocaust, showing us that by “performing history” actors bring the historical past and the theatrical present together. |
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... significance.2 It is this muteness of the " complete witnesses " that the theatre , when it is performing history , constantly tries to rescue . The complex para- doxes and tensions created by the efforts to bring the historical past ...
... significance.2 It is this muteness of the " complete witnesses " that the theatre , when it is performing history , constantly tries to rescue . The complex para- doxes and tensions created by the efforts to bring the historical past ...
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... also ex- amines the significance of such representations in different national contexts: in the United States and in Europe in performances about the French Revolution and in Israel in performances about the Shoah ...
... also ex- amines the significance of such representations in different national contexts: in the United States and in Europe in performances about the French Revolution and in Israel in performances about the Shoah ...
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... significant. In some cases, they present an intentional revision or even an allegorization of that past. As I intend to show, theatrical performances of and about history reflect complex ideological issues concerning deeply rooted ...
... significant. In some cases, they present an intentional revision or even an allegorization of that past. As I intend to show, theatrical performances of and about history reflect complex ideological issues concerning deeply rooted ...
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... 6 Aristotle , who was born in 384 B.C. , based his distinctions on a the- atre which had almost exclusively relied on mythical narratives and 9 Introduction IO Introduction thus no doubt saw the significance and relevance.
... 6 Aristotle , who was born in 384 B.C. , based his distinctions on a the- atre which had almost exclusively relied on mythical narratives and 9 Introduction IO Introduction thus no doubt saw the significance and relevance.
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... significance and relevance of historical events in a very different light . For Aristotle , history “ is not the exposition of a single action that is required [ in epics ] , but of a single period , and of everything that happened to ...
... significance and relevance of historical events in a very different light . For Aristotle , history “ is not the exposition of a single action that is required [ in epics ] , but of a single period , and of everything that happened to ...
Inhalt
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Dudu Maayan Arbeit macht frei vom Toitland Europa | 56 |
Hanoch Levin The Boy Dreams | 76 |
Three European Productions about the French Revolution | 99 |
Peter Brook MaratSade | 102 |
The Individualized Crowd | 170 |
The Execution | 179 |
Theatrical Energies | 187 |
Textual Energies | 192 |
From Textual to Performative Energies | 194 |
Performance Energies | 196 |
The Eavesdropper and the SurvivorWitness | 202 |
Metaphysical Energies | 206 |
Ariane Mnouchkine 1789 | 111 |
Ingmar Bergman Madame de Sade | 117 |
Three American Productions of Dantons Death | 135 |
Büchners Play and Its Beholders | 141 |
The Production Qualities | 162 |
Epilogue | 209 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 227 |
Index | 236 |
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