Theater in a post-truth world : texts, politics, and performance /
edited by William C. Boles.
- x, 224 pages ; 23 cm.
- Methuen Drama agitations: text, politics and performances .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Text -- Post-truth but not post-race: the repeating realities of Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 -- Knowing not what it "seems": re-viewing Caryl Churchill's post-truth world in Glass, Kill, Bluebeard's Friends, and Imp -- Part 2. Politics -- The alternative realities of David Hwang's soft power and Anne Washburn's shipwreck -- Negotiating the fifth wall -- When the play is not the thing: the Mueller report and the limits of documentary drama -- Part 3. Performance -- Australian biographical theater on the post-truth stage -- Performing reality: Tina Satter's verbatim staging of an FBI transcript in Is This A Room -- Seductive frames: Digital aesthetics in Kip William's staging of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2018) -- Satanic panic: performance in the new culture war.
"This is the first book to examine how the concept and disagreements around "post-truth" have been explored in the world of theater and performance. This ranges from the plays of Caryl Churchill, Anne Washburn, and David Henry Hwang, to the inherent theatricality of press conferences, interviews and protests that embrace the confusion created by "post-truth" to muddy issues and deflect blame, to theatrical performance, where the nature of truth is challenged through staged visuals which run counter to what the audience hears, provoking a debate about where the truth actually lies. With contributions by scholars from around the world, Theater in a Post-Truth World considers a wide array of examples from American and British drama and politics, Australian theater, and the work of performance artist Marina Abramovic. Together these provide a glimpse into how the theater in its many forms provides a venue to raise critical awareness and encourage critical thinking about the ubiquity of "post-truth.""--
English.
9781350215894
2021058079
Theater--Moral and ethical aspects. Theater and society. Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. American drama--History and criticism.--21st century English drama--History and criticism.--21st century Theater--History--United States--21st century. Theater--History--Great Britain--21st century. Truthfulness and falsehood.