Jean Genet
David Bradby and Clare Finburgh
Routledge, 2012
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Jean Genet’s significance within twentieth-century
theatre has long been understated. This timely book, the only
introductory text in English to Genet’s plays in production, presents an
overview of an influential and controversial writer whose work
prefigured many recent postmodern and post-colonial developments in
theatre and performance studies.
The volume offers philosophical, historical, political and aesthetic readings of Genet’s plays in order to render the complexity of his theatre exhilarating, rather than intimidating. It goes on to explore ways in which different directors, designers and actors have approached his writing. A spectrum of productions spanning 60 years, from 1947 to 2007, illustrates the sheer range of theatrical styles that Genet’s texts inspire.
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The volume offers philosophical, historical, political and aesthetic readings of Genet’s plays in order to render the complexity of his theatre exhilarating, rather than intimidating. It goes on to explore ways in which different directors, designers and actors have approached his writing. A spectrum of productions spanning 60 years, from 1947 to 2007, illustrates the sheer range of theatrical styles that Genet’s texts inspire.
-publisher