Theatre and national identity re-imagining conceptions of nation

• Other Authors: Holdsworth, Nadine
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2014
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies 34
• Subjects: Nationalism in literature; National characteristics in the theater; Theater and state
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• Physical Description: x, 227 pages : illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415822992

This book explores the ways that pre-existing 'national' works or 'national theatre' sites can offer a rich source of material for speaking to the contemporary moment because of the resonances or associations they offer of a different time, place, politics, or culture. Featuring a broad international scope, it offers a series of thought-provoking essays that explore how playwrights, directors, theatre-makers, and performance artists have re-staged or re-worked a classic national play, performance, theatrical form, or theatre space in order to engage with conceptions of and questions around the nation, nationalism, and national identity in the contemporary moment, opening up new ways of thinking about or problematizing questions around the nation and national identity.