Russia, Freaks and Foreigners
Three Performance Texts
Russia, Freaks and Foreigners is a collection of three thematically linked plays set against the backdrop of a fractured, post-Soviet Russian society. Written by acclaimed playwright James MacDonald, who is cerebral palsied, these performance texts critique accepted notions of normality within authority, offering various models of difference - physical, cultural and moral - and their stories of dislocation. Their themes, contextualized here by companion essays, expand the boundaries of British drama and connect to the comic grotesque tradition by giving the 'abnormal' a broad appeal. To date, MacDonald is one of the few severely disabled play…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84150-186-4
- EAN: 9781841501864
- Produktnummer: 3725219
- Verlag: Intellect Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B17.6 cm x D1.3 cm 396 g
- Gewicht: 396
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
James MacDonald was born cerebral-palsied and a twin in Chicago in 1949. In 1960, his family moved to France, and MacDonald has lived in England since 1970. He has been writing plays since his early teens. Following receipt of a doctorate in Drama from the University of Exeter in 1990, MacDonald became Honorary Fellow of the Drama Department.
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