Witness Onstage : Documentary Theatre in Twenty-First Century Russia.

Witness Onstage is a detailed study of the remarkable growth of documentary theatre forms in Russian since the early 2000s. It draws on the author's work as a performer, producer, and researcher of documentary theatre both in Russia and internationally to provide new perspective on the mechanic...

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Main Author: Flynn, Molly
Other Authors: Gale, Maggie B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019
Series:Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance Ser.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Called to the stand : the origins of Russian documentary theatre
  • History on trial : performing memory in twenty-first-century Russia
  • Evidentiary hearing : the pursuit of justice in Russian documentary theatre
  • Material witness : history, belief, and the theatre of enactment
  • Burden of proof : new sincerity and the performance of post-Soviet national identities
  • A special verdict : theatre and protest in Putin's Russia.