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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-101138097470

ISBN-139781138097476

eBay Product ID (ePID)240534750

Product Key Features

Book TitleSarah Kane's 4. 48 Psychosis

Number of Pages90 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicTheater / General, Drama, Theater / Playwriting, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Drama, Performing Arts

AuthorGlenn D'cruz

Book SeriesThe Fourth Wall Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length5.9 in

Item Width3.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-045360

Reviews"D¿Cruz offers a compelling argument for the theatrical possibilities of the play, its place in the field of postdramatic theatre, and its ability to resonate with audiences twenty years after its first performance. Succinct and engaging, this short book [...] is a useful source for educators teaching Kane¿s work, or theatre practitioners bravely considering the challenge of producing it." Sarah Peters, Flinders University, Australia, in Australasian Drama Studies

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal822.92

Table Of ContentList of figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Contextualising 4.48 Psychosis: 'Everybody loves a dead girl' - Sarah Kane as innovator and icon Chapter 2: Reading 4.48 Psychosis: The flaw in love (and psychiatry) Chapter 3: Theorising 4.48 Psychosis: 4.48 Psychosis as postdramatic theatre Chapter 4: Teaching 4.48 Psychosis: Performance and pedagogy Chapter 5: Performing 4.48 Psychosis: From Minsk to Melbourne Chapter 6: Conclusion

SynopsisHow on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4:48 's inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her own life, but this book explores the ways in which it misses the point. Instead, Kane's final play is much more than a bizarre farewell to mortality. It's a work best understood by approaching it first and foremost as theatre - as a singular component in a theatrical assemblage of bodies, voices, light and energy. The play finds an unexpectedly close fit in the established traditions of modern drama and the practices of postdramatic theatre., "Everything passes/Everything perishes/Everything palls" - 4.48 Psychosis How on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4.48 Psychosis' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her own life, but this book explores the ways in which it misses the point. Kane's final play is much more than a bizarre farewell to mortality. It's a work best understood by approaching it first and foremost as theatre - as a singular component in a theatrical assemblage of bodies, voices, light and energy. The play finds an unexpectedly close fit in the established traditions of modern drama and the practices of postdramatic theatre. Glenn D'Cruz explores this theatrical angle through a number of exemplary professional and student productions with a focus on the staging of the play by the Belarus Free Theatre (2005) and Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre (2007)., "Everything passes/Everything perishes/Everything palls" - 4.48 Psychosis How on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4.48 Psychosis ' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her own life, but this book explores the ways in which it misses the point. Kane's final play is much more than a bizarre farewell to mortality. It's a work best understood by approaching it first and foremost as theatre - as a singular component in a theatrical assemblage of bodies, voices, light and energy. The play finds an unexpectedly close fit in the established traditions of modern drama and the practices of postdramatic theatre. Glenn D'Cruz explores this theatrical angle through a number of exemplary professional and student productions with a focus on the staging of the play by the Belarus Free Theatre (2005) and Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre (2007).

LC Classification NumberPR6061.A59A61453