Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

by Kimball King and Thomas Fahy

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This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, 'night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James McDonald.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415929970

ISBN13:9780415929974

Release Date:February 2002

Publisher:Routledge

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.96 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Drama Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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