Staging History from the Shoah to Palestine: Three Plays and Essays on WWII and Its Aftermath

Hedges, Inez

This book is a contribution to the emerging field of research-based performance, which seeks to gain a wider audience for issues that are crucial to our understanding of history and to informing our future actions. The book examines the role of theater in portraying the Shoah in France, the French Resistance, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each of the three chapters consists of an original dramatic work by the author and an accompanying critical essay.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2021-09-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030840082

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84009-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 216