{"product_id":"sarah-kanes-4-48-psychosis-9781138097476","title":"Sarah Kanes 4.48 Psychosis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything passes\/Everything perishes\/Everything palls  \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her own life, but this book explores the ways in which it misses the point. Kane's final play is much more than a bizarre farewell to mortality. It's a work best understood by approaching it first and foremost as theatre  as a singular component in a theatrical assemblage of bodies, voices, light and energy. The play finds an unexpectedly close fit in the established traditions of modern drama and the practices of postdramatic theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn D'Cruz explores this theatrical angle through a number of exemplary professional and student productions with a focus on the staging of the play by the Belarus Free Theatre (2005) and Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre (2007). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"D’Cruz offers a compelling argument for the theatrical possibilities of the play, its place in the field of postdramatic theatre, and its ability to resonate with audiences twenty years after its first performance. Succinct and engaging, this short book [...] is a useful source for educators teaching Kane’s work, or theatre practitioners bravely considering the challenge of producing it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Peters, Flinders University, Australia, in Australasian Drama Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of figures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Contextualising \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e: 'Everybody loves a dead girl' – Sarah Kane as innovator and icon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Reading \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e: The flaw in love (and psychiatry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Theorising \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis \u003c\/em\u003eas postdramatic theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Teaching \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e: Performance and pedagogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Performing \u003cem\u003e4.48 Psychosis\u003c\/em\u003e: From Minsk to Melbourne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019457233239,"sku":"9781138097476","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138097476.jpg?v=1750780331","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sarah-kanes-4-48-psychosis-9781138097476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}