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Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

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This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, 'night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James McDonald.

Language: English

Pages: 194

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: February 08, 2002

ISBN: 0415929970

ISBN 13: 9780415929974

Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

0/5 ( ratings)

This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, 'night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James McDonald.

Language: English

Pages: 194

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: February 08, 2002

ISBN: 0415929970

ISBN 13: 9780415929974

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