Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker (Hardback)
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker (Hardback)
By (Author) David Ian Rabey
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
8th September 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
822.914
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 160mm, Height 235mm
Description
This collection of essays is the first to consider the full range of Barker's theatrical objectives and achievements, and reflects his international status as an artistic thinker and practitioner. Contributors from around the world consider key events and themes in Barker's plays such as death, sexuality, performance, blindness, politics, eroticism and cruelty. Overviews of Barker's career explore his rejection of standard dramatic and theatrical techniques and his pursuit of a new tragic form.
Author Bio
David Ian Rabey is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Aberystwyth University, UK. His writing includes Howard Barker: Politics and Desire (1989, 2009), Howard Barker: Ecstasy and Death (2009), English Drama Since 1940 (2003), David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience (1997); as co-editor, Theatre of Catastrophe (with Karoline Gritzner, 2006) and Howard Barker's Art of Theatre (with Sarah Goldingay, 2012).
