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050 4 $aPN2041.A58$bS38 2017
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100 1 $aSchulze, Daniel J.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAuthenticity in contemporary theatre and performance :$bmake it real.$cDaniel Schulze.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York, NY :$bBloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,$c2017.
300 $axii, 284 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aMethuen Drama Engage
520 8 $aAuthenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very evasive. This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework for analysis. Daniel Schulz argues that authenticity is sought out and marked by the individual and springs from a culture that is perceived as inherently fake and lacking depth. The study examines three types of performances that exemplify this structure of feeling: intimate theatre seen in Forced Entertainment productions such as Quizoola! (1996, 2015), as well as one-on-one performances, such as Oentroerend Goed's Internal (2009); immersive theatres as illustrated by Punchdrunk's shows The Masque of the Red Death (2007) and The Drowned Man (2013) which provide a visceral, sensate understanding for audiences. It is specifically the value of the document that lends such performances their truth-value and consequently their authenticity. The study analyses how the success of these disparate categories of performance can be explained through a common concern with notions of truth and authenticity. It argues that this hunger for authentic, unmediated experience is characteristic of a structure of feeling that has superseded postmodernism and that actively seeks to resignify artistic and cultural practices of the everyday.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- 1. In Search of Authenticity -- 2. Intimate Theatre -- 3. Immersive Theatre -- 4. Documentary Theatre -- 5. An Ending -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aTheater$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aAuthenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
650 0 $aEuropean drama$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
830 0 $aMethuen drama engage.
852 00 $bglx$hPN2041.A58$iS38 2017g