{"product_id":"9781474271349","title":"Jelinek in Practice German Directors’ Theatre, Politics and Aesthetics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMethuen Drama Engage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eJelinek in Practice\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGerman Directors’ Theatre, Politics and Aesthetics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKaren Jürs-Munby | Enoch Brater | Mark Taylor-Batty\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel prize laureate Elfriede Jelinek is one of the most important contemporary authors writing in German and one of the most performed dramatists on German speaking stages. 'Theatre would have to be a kind of refusal', she once proclaimed.  Despite the fact that her no-longer-dramatic, intertextual and punning theatre texts are considered demanding, major directors have tackled them in highly innovative and acclaimed productions that 'refuse' theatre as usual.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides the first systematic exploration of the dynamics between Jelinek as a writer of political and increasingly open texts and the diverse postdramatic approaches of directors such as Einar Schleef, Jossi Wieler, Christoph Schlingensief, Nicolas Stemann, Karin Beier and Johan Simons.  Through detailed analyses of the relationships between text, direction, dramaturgy, scenography, media, performance and spectatorship in exemplary productions it articulates their methods and political stakes. In doing so it also provides a corrective to a prevalent understanding of postdramatic theatre as primarily 'non-text-based' theatre, showing that texts can drive and be driven by creative postdramatic directorial approaches that help to shape contemporary theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDr Karen Jürs-Munby\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. She translated and wrote a critical introduction for Hans-Thies Lehmann's \u003ci\u003ePostdramatic Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and co-edited with Jerome Carroll and Steve Giles \u003ci\u003ePostdramatic Theatre and the Political \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013). More recently she co-edited, with Allyson Fiddler, the special issue \u003ci\u003eElfriede Jelinek in the Arena: Sport, Cultural Understanding and Translation to Page and Stage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAustrian Studies Vol. 22\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 August 2028\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474271349\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378335088780,"sku":"9781474271349","price":91.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474271349","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}