"This book is supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the Burgess programme run by the Cultural Department of the French Embassy in London"--T.p.
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List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Introduction; C.Finburgh & C.Lavery
PART I: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH THEATRE
From Mise en Scène of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material'; D.Bradby
The Spirit of a Place: Place in Contemporary French Performance; M.Corvin
The Landscaped Narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noëlle; C.Hersant
The Politics of Dramaturgy in France; C.Finburgh
An Unlikely Scene: French Theatre in the New Liberal Economy; J-P.Han
The Construction and Production of Performance; R.Cantarella
Performing Presence, Affirming Difference: Deleuze and the Minor Theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene; L.Cull
Theatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community; B.Hamidi
Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne; C.Dechery
PART II: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH PERFORMANCE
From Orlan to Bernhardt: Recycling French Feminism, Theatre and Performance; E.Aston
Performance and Poetry: Crossed Destinies; É.Vautrin
Breaking Down the Walls: Interventionist Performance Strategies in French Street Theatre; S.Haedicke
Montage and Detournement in Contemporary Moving Image Performance; C.Lavery
Xavier Le Roy: The Dissenting Choreography of One Frenchman Less; B.Cvejic
A Theological Turn? French Postmodern Dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Après J C; N.Stewart
How to Collaborate With Someone you may Never Meet; A.Corrieri
Après Toutes Ces Elles/After All This Else: 'New' French Feminisms Translated to the British Scene; G.Harris
Index.
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Contemporary French theatre and performance. ISBN 9780230580510. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
