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Teaching Postdramatic Theatre

Anxieties, Aporias and Disclosures

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Authors:
  1. Glenn D'Cruz

    1. School of Communication & Creative Art, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia

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  • Interrogates the politics of the teaching situation with reference to the provocative writings about teaching and learning from continental philosophers

  • Takes a distinctive approach to postdramatic theatre from the point of view of a theatre teacher/practitioner

  • Contextualises postdramatic theatre in relation to postmodernism

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Pedagogy, Politics and the Personal

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 1-15

  3. John Laws/Sade: Postmodern or Postdramatic?

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 17-48

  4. From Drama to Theatre to Performance Studies

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 49-72

  5. Ganesh Versus the Third Reich as Pedagogical Parable

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 73-93

  6. Attempts on Her Life: A Postdramatic Learning Play?

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 95-117

  7. Teaching History and (Gender) Politics: The Hamletmachine and the Princess Plays

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 119-149

  8. Devising Postdramatic Theatre in the Academy

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 151-179

  9. An Enemy of Postdramatic Theatre? Or, What I Think About When I Think About Teaching Postdramatic Theatre

    • Glenn D’Cruz
    Pages 181-199

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 201-205
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About this book

This book explores the concept and vocabulary of postdramatic theatre from a pedagogical perspective. It identifies some of the major anxieties and paradoxes generated by teaching postdramatic theatre through practice, with reference to the aesthetic, cultural and institutional pressures that shape teaching practices. It also presents a series of case studies that identify the pedagogical fault lines that expose the power-relations inherent in teaching (with a focus on the higher education sector as opposed to actor training institutions). It uses auto-ethnography, performance analysis and critical theory to assist university teachers involved in directing theatre productions to deepen their understanding of the concept of postdramatic theatre.


Reviews

“Anyone engaged in the teaching or making of postdramatic work will find a great deal to chew on here. While I did wrestle with the disconnect between theory and practice, the musing on teaching, particularly teaching complex material through practice, was engaging and ultimately a powerful contribution to the ongoing conversation about the postdramatic.” (Dean Wilcox, Theatre Topics, Vol. 30 (3), November, 2020)

“These engaging texts are a rich learning ground for postdramatic theatre teachers.” (Prue Wales, Theatre Research International, Vol. 45 (1), 2020)

“Glenn D’Cruz’s book engages with Hans-Thies Lehmann’s concept of postdramatic theatre, or one of the ‘most widely used (and abused) terms in the fields of theatre, drama and performance studies in recent times’, to cite the author. … D’Cruz’s book makes a significant contribution to debate concerning the propensity of postdramatic theatre to ‘reinforce the hegemony of a narrow, Eurocentric account of modern drama’.” (Australasian Drama Studies, Vol. 73, October, 2019)​

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Communication & Creative Art, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia

    Glenn D'Cruz

About the author

Glenn D’Cruz teaches Drama and Cultural Studies at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and the editor of Class Act: Melbourne Workers Theatre 1987-2007. He is also the co-editor of Contemporary Publics: Shifting Boundaries in New Media, Technology and Culture (Palgrave, 2016).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching Postdramatic Theatre

  • Book Subtitle: Anxieties, Aporias and Disclosures

  • Authors: Glenn D'Cruz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71685-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71684-8Published: 20 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10093-3Published: 28 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71685-5Published: 06 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 205

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Contemporary Theatre, Creativity and Arts Education

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