Holocaust Drama by Gene A Plunka
The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other 'threats' to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts.-
Dramaturgy
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The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage
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Strategies of Political Theatre
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An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theatre
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The Politics of Irish Drama
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Feminist Views on the English Stage
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Ecology and Climate in Theatre and Australian Performance
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Contemporary Performance Translation
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Neil LaBute
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Joan Littlewood's Theatre
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A History of the Berliner Ensemble
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The Globalization of Theatre 1870–1930
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The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous
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Chinese Theatre and the Actor in Performance
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Brian Friel, Ireland, and The North
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The Political Theatre of David Edgar
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The Performance of Nationalism
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Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America
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British Theatre between the Wars, 1918–1939
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Irony and the Modern Theatre
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The Swastika and the Stage
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Post-Imperial Brecht
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Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain
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Theatre Matters
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German Theatre
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Theatre and Empowerment
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The Politics of Alternative Theatre in Britain, 1968–1990
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Staging the Holocaust
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The Russian Theatre after Stalin
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The Archives and Afterlives of Nautch Dancers in India
'This excellent study, which includes an extensive historical introduction and a comprehensive bibliography, acknowledges the difficulties of representing the Holocaust on stage, yet counters them by the need to bear witness to the atrocities as a legacy of the victims … the odd lack of reference to works created after the 1980s do not detract from the importance of this extensive, sensitive and insightful book' Journal of Theatre Research International
'… this book is a must-read for any reader interested in 'Holocaust drama' in that it begins to categorise the genre in an encyclopaedic manner that is both respectful and thought-provoking. Although this topic might seem to resist further inquiry, it also requires it and this book will hopefully act as an impetus for future researchers, readers and audiences to consider gaps as yet unbridged and voices as yet unheard.' Emily Derbyshire, www.playstosee.com
'… this book is a must-read for any reader interested in 'Holocaust drama' in that it begins to categorise the genre in an encyclopaedic manner that is both respectful and thought-provoking. Although this topic might seem to resist further inquiry, it also requires it and this book will hopefully act as an impetus for future researchers, readers and audiences to consider gaps as yet unbridged and voices as yet unheard.' Emily Derbyshire, www.playstosee.com
Plunka, Gene A.: - Gene A. Plunka is professor of English at the University of Memphis, where he teaches modern and contemporary drama. He lives in Bartlett, Tennessee.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521182423 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521182425 |
| Title | Holocaust Drama |
| Author | Gene A Plunka |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Modern Theatre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 454 |
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