Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama Dialectical Theatre Today
Can theatre change the world? If so, how can it productively connect with social reality and foster spectatorial critique and engagement? This open access book examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political mome...
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Bloomsbury Academic
2021
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