Incapacity and theatricality : politics and aesthetics in theatre with actors with intellectual disabilities / Tony McCaffrey.

Author
McCaffrey, Tony (Edward Anthony) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Description
198 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive contribution to contemporary theatrical performance made by actors with intellectual disabilities. It presents a close examination of certain key theatrical performances across a variety of different media, including John Cassavetes' 1963 social issues film A Child Is Waiting; the performance art collaboration between Robert Wilson and Christopher Knowles; and the provocative pranksterism of Christoph Schlingensief's talent show mockumentary FreakStars 3000. Tracing a global path of performances, Incapacity and Theatricality offers an analysis of how actors with intellectual disabilities have emerged onto the main stage, and how their inclusion calls into question long-held assumptions about both theatre and intellectual disability. For postgraduate students, or anyone interested in the shifting dynamics of twenty-first century theatre, McCaffrey's work offers a vital consideration of the intersubjective relations between people with and without intellectual disabilities and ultimately addresses urgent questions about the situation and representation of the contemporary subject caught up somewhere between incapacity and theatricality.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: framing the singularities of actors with intellectual disabilities in theatrical performance
    • "A spotlight on the subject of retardation": a child is waiting
    • Mirror stages: Aldo Gennaro and Robert Wilson
    • Parody, intermediality and postdramatic turns
    • Conclusion.
    Other title(s)
    Incapacity and theatricality : politics and aesthetics in theater with actors with intellectual disabilities
    ISBN
    • 9780815349204 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0815349203 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2018038478
    OCLC
    1103570722
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