texts, politics, and performance Boles, William C. 1966- editor. text bibliography enk 2022 monographic eng

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x, 224 pages ; 23 cm. "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.""-- 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. edited by William C. Boles. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. n-us--- e-uk--- Theater Moral and ethical aspects Theater and society Truthfulness and falsehood in literature American drama 21st century History and criticism English drama 21st century History and criticism Theater United States History 21st century Theater Great Britain History 21st century Truthfulness and falsehood PN2049 .T4375 2024 792 T340 London ; New York : Methuen Drama 2022 1. (DLC) 2021058080 9781350215894 2021058079 DLC 261008 20261008165558.0 22458707 eng