Death in Modern Theatre: Stages of Mortality by Adrian Curtin (review)

Discussions about the so-called ontology of performance typically concern the paired ideas of presence and disappearance, recording technologies and documentation, trace and memory—all of which posit in some way the living, breathing body of an actor often co-present with those in the audience. To d...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2021-09, Vol.73 (3), p.445-446
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Attitudes
Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
Death & dying
Dramatists
Duras, Marguerite (1914-1996)
Ionesco, Eugene (1912-1994)
Lee, Vernon (1856-1935)
Mortality
Ontology
Stimulation
Theater
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Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
Death & dying
Dramatists
Duras, Marguerite (1914-1996)
Ionesco, Eugene (1912-1994)
Lee, Vernon (1856-1935)
Mortality
Ontology
Stimulation
Theater
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