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Author:   Kyle Gillette
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780786477760

ISBN 10:   0786477768
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   22 May 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments  ix Preface  1 Introduction: Theatre and Locomotion  5 Part I: Upholstered Realism and the Great Futurist Railroad  21 One. The Upholstered Realism of Henrik Ibsen  26 Two. F.T. Marinetti’s “Great Futurist Railroad”  46 Part II: Loco Motion: Railway Perception, Relativity and the Stage  61 Three. Stanisław Witkiewicz’s The Crazy Locomotive  65 Four. Staging Relativity: Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach  79 Part III: History, the Railroad and Political Theatre  99 Five. The Locomotive Technology of Epic Theatre: Erwin Piscator’s Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk  104 Six. Locomotion After Auschwitz: Armand Gatti’s Seven Possibilities for Train 713 Departing from Auschwitz  123 Part IV: Locomotive Social Space on the American Stage  141 Seven. The American Train of Thought: Thornton Wilder’s Pullman Car Hiawatha  146 Eight. “In the flying underbelly of the city”: Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman  169 Afterword: End of the Line?  197 Notes  203 Bibliography  211 Index  217

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Kyle Gillette is an assistant professor of theatre at Trinity University in San Antonio. He has published several articles in journals of theatre history, dramatic literature, and performance theory, including Modern Drama, Performance Research, Comparative Drama, the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and others. He lives in San Antonio.

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