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  • Ibsen in Practice: Relational Readings of Performance, Cultural Encounters and Power

    Ibsen in Practice by Helland, Frode;

    Relational Readings of Performance, Cultural Encounters and Power

    Series: Methuen Drama Engage;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Methuen Drama
    • Date of Publication 26 March 2015
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781472513694
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages272 pages
    • Size 216x138 mm
    • Weight 338 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 14 bw illus
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    The volume reveals an astonishing richness in the theatrical approaches to Ibsen across the world: it considers political theatre, institutional 'high art', theatre for development, queer and transgender theatre, Brechtian techniques, puppetry, post-dramatic theatre, rural village performance and avant-garde touring companies. Investigating varied renegotiations of his drama, including the work of Thomas Ostermeier in Germany and other parts of the world, versions of A Doll's House from Chile and China, The Wild Duck in Iran and productions of Peer Gynt in Zimbabwe and Egypt, Frode Helland provides a deeper understanding of a cross-cultural Ibsen. The volume gives an in-depth analysis of the practice of Ibsen in relation to political, social, ideological and economic forces within and outside of the performances themselves, and demonstrates the incredible diversity of his work in local situations.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Illustrations
    Acknowledgements
    About the Author
    Introduction

    1 Against Capitalist Realism: Thomas Ostermeier
    Hedda Gabler
    In the display case
    Violence to the end
    An Enemy of the People
    Excursus: Between cultures (Istanbul, May 2014)
    The relation to capitalism

    2 A Doll's House in Chile: Dictatorship and its Aftermath
    In silence: A Doll's House at the Catholic University (1980)
    Nora under the (continuing) neoliberal regime
    Teatro Nacional: Alfredo Castro (2006)
    Teatro la Memoria (2011)
    In pursuit of Nora Helmer (2012)
    The Chilean way

    3 Ibsen under the Radar: Censorship and Artistic Expression
    Prelude: Double dolls in Hanoi
    Iran: A Doll's House and The Wild Duck
    Dariush Mehrjui's Sara
    The fragmented female
    The politics of clothing
    Decency and identification
    Tarantella
    The question of agency
    Life-lies in the theatre: My Wild Duck
    Ideals and critique
    Visual signs: The Master Builder from Beijing
    Concluding conjectures

    4 Three Chinese Dolls
    Beijing Doll's House: Nora (1956)
    The performance
    Culture and/or gender: A Doll's House in the 'New Era' (Beijing 1998)
    The changes of the 'New Era'
    The adaptation
    Dancing dolls (Beijing 2010)
    Funding and re-funding
    Sino-Norwegian dance

    5 Peer Gynt in Africa: Some Notes on the Dangers and Ambiguities of Interculturalism
    The orient in the text
    Peer in Africa - Zimbabwe 183
    Peer Gynt on the Giza Plateau
    Between cultures
    Coda: From Dhaka to Mabou Mines
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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