Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture /: governing culture. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denise Varney and Sanrda D'Urso.
• Authors: Varney, Denise; D'Urso, Sandra
• Contents: Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter Int-5; Introduction; Founding a Festival; Dramatis Personae; The Scene; Governing Culture; Notes; Chapter 1 The Archive, Governance and Sovereignty; The Archives; Not Censoring, Rejecting; Risk; A Climate of Censorship; Governors and Governance; Sovereignty; Notes; Chapter 2 'Words Fail Me': The Ham Funeral and the 1962 Adelaide Festival; The Archives: Folders Tied with Ribbon; Reading The Ham Funeral: A Play in Two Acts The Idea of Staging The Ham FuneralA Distinguished Australian Author; Widening the Discussion: Expert Reviews; Majority and Minority Reports; Majority Report; Minority Report; 'As for the Abortion in the Dust Bin ... Really, Words Fail Me'; The Aftermath; Anti-theatricalism; Notes; Chapter 3 Night on Bald Mountain and the 1964 Adelaide Festival; 'The Mountain ... It Traps People'; Aesthetics of the Occult; In the Archive: The Proposal, the Negotiations and the Rejection of Night on Bald Mountain; The Board of Governors: Deciding the Fate of Night on Bald Mountain; Notes Chapter 4 The 'Clowns' Who 'Cling to The Past': A Sovereign Decision and the Practice of Exclusion'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'; The 'Clowns' Who 'Cling to the Past'; Decision Making and Sovereignty; The Politics of Discourse; Governing Culture: Contemporary Disputes; Friends and Enemies; Notes; Chapter 5 The Sovereignty of the Plays and Opportunities for New Publics; Notes; End Matter; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 822/.91409; Theater -- Australia; Modernism (Literature) -- Australia; Modernisme (Littérature) -- Australie; DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Modernism (Literature); Theater; Australia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783088379; 1783088370; 1783088362; 9781783088362
• Related ISBNs: 9781783088355; 1783088354
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 21, 2018).
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