Contemporary Gothic Drama : Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage /: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kelly Jones, Benjamin Poore, Robert Dean.
• Editors: (Lecturer in drama), Jones, Kelly; Poore, Benjamin; (Lecturer in drama), Dean, Robert
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Gothic theatricality/the theatrical Gothic.- Part I. Attractions.- 2.The Call of the Cthonic: from Titus Andronicus to X, David Ian Rabey.- 3.Death, Decay and Domesticity: The Corpse as Pivotal Stage Presence in Howard Barker's Dead Hands, Lara Kipp.- 4.Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and the Postmodern Gothic, Catherine Rees.- Part II. Consummation.- 5.Staging Angela Carter, Frances Babbage.- 6. Little Monsters: Gothic Children and Contemporary Theatrical Performance, Kelly Jones.- 7. Uncanny Audio: The Place and Use of Sound in Gothic Performance, Richard J. Hand.- 8.The 'Phan'-dom of the Opera: Gothic Fan Cultures and Intertextual Otherness, Adam Rush.- Part III. Consumption.- 9. 'I hate this job': Guiding Ripper Tours in the East End, Emma McEvoy.- 10.'The Outcast Dead': Performance, Memory and Sites of Mourning at Cross Bones Graveyard, Clare Nally.- 11.Playing in the Dark: Possession and Performance, Robert Dean.- 12.Staging the Séance: The Spirit Medium and the Gothic in Modern Theatre, Benjamin Poore.- 13. Coda: Writing the Ghost: An interview with playwright Michael Punter, Benjamin Poore.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (266 pages)
• Subjects: Culture-Study and teaching; Theater-History; Ethnology-Europe; Performing Arts -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Social Science -- General; Theatre studies; Cultural studies; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Film theory & criticism; Motion pictures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349953592
• Related ISBNs: 9781349953585
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.