Theatre & Globalization - Paperback

by Mark Ravenhill (Author), Dan Rebellato (Author)

What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world?

This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market. Foreword by Mark Ravenhill.

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What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world?

This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market.

Foreword by Mark Ravenhill

Author Biography

DAN REBELLATO is Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He has published widely on contemporary theatre, including his book 1956 and All That (1999). He is Associate Editor of Contemporary Theatre Review, a contributing editor for New Theatre Quarterly and co-editor of the Theatre& series. He is also an award-winning playwright, and his work (plays and translations/ adaptations) has been performed in Berlin and London, on the fringe, in the West End, at the National Theatre, the Young Vic, and on BBC Radio.
DAN REBELLATO is Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He has published widely on contemporary theatre, including his book 1956 and All That (1999). He is Associate Editor of Contemporary Theatre Review, a contributing editor for New Theatre Quarterly and co-editor of the Theatre& series. He is also an award-winning playwright, and his work (plays and translations/ adaptations) has been performed in Berlin and London, on the fringe, in the West End, at the National Theatre, the Young Vic, and on BBC Radio.