{"product_id":"writing-queer-performance-9781350431492","title":"Writing Queer Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis anthology documents a decade of some of the UK''s most exciting queer performances, through a combination of retrospective scripts, development material and visual documentation.\u003c\/b\u003e Queer performances are expected to live a brief, bright life without leaving any textual record. Indeed, they rarely begin with complete scripts at all, being often developed instead by performance practices designed to fill noisy bars, clinking cabaret venues and fringe theatres, typically for short runs. This lack of textual documentation underplays the importance of writing to contemporary queer performances, while rendering them vulnerable to disappearance in the diaphanous archives of memory. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Queer Performance: Contemporary Texts and Documents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features eight seminal works, captured though performance texts and visual documentation, that ensures their accessibility long after the event of live performance. Supported by a contextualizing introduction, the anthology provides","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577911185751,"sku":"9781350431492","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350431492.jpg?v=1746097210","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-queer-performance-9781350431492","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}