TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maagerø,Lars Harald
TI  - The canon in contemporary theatre: plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Brecht in contemporary directors' theatre 
T2  - The Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
SN  - 9781003361558
U1  - 792.02/33 23/eng/20240209
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Theater
KW  - Production and direction
KW  - Europe
KW  - Theatrical producers and directors
KW  - Canon (Literature)
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting
N1  - Theatre and the canon -- Why do directors engage with the canon? -- Working with canonical texts -- Dealing with canonicity -- Negotiating Brecht in Christopher Rüping's Trommeln in der Nacht -- Self-reflection as critical potential
N2  - "This book explores the relationship between contemporary theatre, particularly contemporary theatre directors, and the dramatic canon of plays. Through focusing on productions of plays by three canonical playwrights (Shakespeare, Ibsen and Brecht) by six contemporary European directors (Emma Rice and Joe Hill-Gibbins from the UK, Christopher Rüping from Germany, Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson from Iceland and Sigrid Strøm Reibo and Alexander Mørk-Eidem from Norway) the book investigates why and how the theatre continues to engage with canonical plays. In particular, the book questions the political and cultural implications of theatrical reproductions of the literary canon. Drawing on Chantal Mouffe's theories of agonism and 'critical art', the book investigates whether theatrical reproduction of the canon always reconstitutes the hegemonic values and ideologies of the canon, or whether theatrical interventions in the canon can challenge such values and ideologies, and thereby also challenge the dominant ideologies and hegemonies of contemporary culture and society. This study will be great interest to academics and students in drama and theatre, particularly those who work with theatre in the 21st century, directors' theatre, and the political impact of theatre"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003361558
ER  -