Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

This Title Examines The Role Of The Staged 'fail' In Theatre Through Theoretical And Archival Modes Of Investigation. Using Case Studies It Presents New Developments In Performance Studies And Theatre Arts That Have Been Influenced By Post-modernism. Introduction : Failure And Representation -- World(s) After A Different Image : Marxism, Slapstick, Punk -- Profane Illumination : Theatre And Forced Entertainment -- News From Nowhere : Goat Island Performance Group -- Dislocations Of Practice : Elevator Repair Service -- Afterword. Sara Jane Bailes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 212-222) And Index.