Publisher's Synopsis
New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. Articles in volume 80 include: Peter Barnes: the Playwright who Laughed at Death; A Tear in the Fabric: the James Bulger Murder and New Theatre Writing in the 'Nineties; Jacques Copeau, Etienne Decroux, and the 'Flower of Noh'; Their Exits and Their Entrances: Getting a Handle on Doors; Lev Dodin's 'Musical Dramatic Art' and the World of Opera; Towards a Theory of Cruel Britannia: Coolness, Cruelty, and the 'Nineties; Palimpsest or Potential Space? Finding a Vocabulary for Site-Specific Performance; NTQ Reports and Announcements; NTQ Book Reviews.
