Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre
by
Geraldine Cousin
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.