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Book SynopsisRebecca Schneider is Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, USA. She is the author of The Explicit Body in Performance and Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment, as well as numerous essays. She is the Consortium Editor for The Drama Review: A Journal of Performance Studies, edited by Richard Schechner, and is co-editor with David Krasner of the book series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance.
Trade Review"Coherent and clear, each of the sections illuminates the relationship between theatre and history in a different but always convincing and engaging manner. An attractive text for anyone interested in putting this relationship into perspective, ideal for beginning or more advanced students." - Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies, City University of New York, USA 'The clear, playful authority of the volume leaves readers simultaneously eager for Schneider's next book and inspired to expand the interdisciplinary dimensions of their own work.' - Glenn Odom, Roehampton University, UK
Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface 1. Theatre And History 2. 'And' 3. 'History' 4. 'Theatre' 5. History and the Theatre Artist 6. The Anti-theatrical Prejudice 7. The Anti-intellectual Prejudice 8. Theatre and the Historian 9. The Problem with Passions 10. The Problem with Archives 11. Whose History is Theatre's History? 12. Of Knives and Blood Bibliography Index.
