Insights in Applied Theatre: The Early Days and Onwards (O'Toole John)(Paperback) - diskuze

Much more than an archive, these are the vivid, still pertinent voices and messages of the pioneers worldwide.The nineteen articles chosen by the editors of Applied Theatre Research represent key themes and elements from the early days of applied theatre that are still - and indeed now more than ever - relevant. They are all high-quality articles, some of which were highly influential in their own time. All of them still have plenty to say to today''s applied theatre, both in their own terms and sometimes in terms of how their publication influenced the development at the time of this still-expanding field, or refracted it in ways that give us new insights with hindsight.They have been arranged in sections according to some of the key themes - and problematic issues - that were discovered, thought out and sometimes stumbled across by the pioneer writers in the collection. Each section is preceded by a critical editorial commentary on those themes, besides thorough introductions to all the articles and in some cases re-evaluations. The editors have added substantial additional new material to the collection and in doing so, bring their own applied theatre experience to bear on these themes, as they raise general questions that are wide-ranging, contemporary and urgent: from the vital and contested issues of power, partnerships and the giving of voice through theatre to applied theatre''s proactive response to COVID-19, to the need to identify, take account of and address the n
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