Ubu and the truth commission
Ubu and the truth commission
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Zusammenfassung
Contains Jane Taylor's playscript from the production by William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company, as well as a selection of visual materials, including photographs of the production, drawings for animation, and archival images.
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Ubu and the truth commission by Jane Taylor
This play is a collaboration between writer Jane Taylor, artist William Kentridge, and Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company (who brought War Horse to England's National Theatre). The main protagonist is based on the scandalous character, Ubu, created by the surrealist poet, Alfred Jarry. The play is more than just a dramatisation of evil in a contemporary South African context. With humour and insight, Taylor has skilfully woven Jarry's themes of ultra-violence, conceit, cowardice and self-pity with revelations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The text is illustrated with photographs from the original performance, Kentridge's drawings and notes from the director, the writer and the puppeteers on staging the performance, all of which makes this book excellent teaching material.
Jane Taylor is now based at Leeds University, where she holds the Wole Soyinka Chair in the Drama and Media Studies Department.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781919713168 |
| ISBN 10 | 1919713166 |
| Titel | Ubu and the truth commission |
| Autor | Jane Taylor |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Book |
| Verlag | University of Cape Town Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-06-15 |
| Seitenanzahl | 96 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |