Bøger af Les Essif

A study that considers the ways playwrights draw meaning from emptiness. It examines drama associated with non-realistic movement known as theatre of the absurd, focusing on the ways dramatists create an impression of emptiness not only on the stage but also in the body and mind of the central character.

A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.

Incorporating an array of subjects pertaining to planning, producing, analysing, & theorising theatre, this title includes strategies for re-creating theatre for students whose first language is not French.