The book offers a thorough analysis of Martin Crimp's contemporary plays, adaptations, and translations, highlighting their innovative nature. It explores how Crimp's work challenges audiences by transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar, creating a sense of estrangement that enhances theatrical experience. By treating his works as both texts and performance events, the author delves into the unique aspects of Crimp's contributions to modern theater.
This book covers playwright Martin Crimp’s recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.
Environment and Fluidity
Exploring the redefinition of relationships to place amid climate, health, identity, and care crises, this work delves into how liminal spaces influence contemporary human experiences. It emphasizes the concept of in-betweenness, highlighting its significance in spatial, temporal, and social contexts. By analyzing texts and performances in modern British theatre, the book examines how this state of flux can empower individuals to engage more empathetically with both human and non-human ecologies, fostering a deeper understanding of agency in a complex world.
This exciting new title in the Theatre And series explores how theatre and the environment have informed and continue to inform each other, considering both what theatre can do for the environment and what the environment can do for theatre.