Performing Story on the Contemporary Stage

By Tom Maguire

This book explores the way in which the contemporary proliferation of forms of storytelling practice in international theatre has created a distinctive set of performance practices. Texts and performers discussed include Split Britches, Billy Connolly, Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy, Spalding Gray, David Hare's Via Dolorosa

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137356405
• ISBN13: 9781137356406
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"