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  1. Playing for time
    Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Manchester University Press, Manchester

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781847791689; 1847791689; 9781781700976; 1781700974; 9780719061974; 0719061970; 9780719061981; 0719061989
    Subjects: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General; Anxiety; English drama; English drama / Themes, motives; Missing children; English Drama / History And Criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance; English drama; English drama; Missing children; Anxiety; Verlust <Motiv>; Englisch; Gefährdung; Kind <Motiv>; Drama; Aufführung
    Scope: 186 pages
    Notes:

    Preface; 1 The collapsing house; 2 Past present: dramatisations of 'return'; 3 Enter the revenant; 4 Nunc Instantis: Arcadia and Copenhagen; 5 Stories of lost futures; 6 The Skriker's progeny; 7 Blood sacrifice; 8 Daughters' tales; 9 Coram Boy: a final story; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.

    Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe

    Includes bibliographical references and index