Anti-War Theatre After Brecht: Dialectical Aesthetics in the Twenty-First Century - Tapa dura

<P>EXAMINING THE WAYS IN WHICH CONTEMPORARY WESTERN THEATRE PROTESTS AGAINST THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’, THIS BOOK ANALYSES SIX TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PLAYS THAT RESPOND TO THE POST-9/11 MILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND PALESTINE. THE PLAYS ARE WRITTEN BY SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WRITERS OF THIS CENTURY AND THE LAST INCLUDING ELFRIEDE JELINEK, CARYL CHURCHILL, <EM>HÉLÈNE CIXOUS</EM> AND TONY KUSHNER.</P> <P><I>ANTI-WAR THEATRE AFTER BRECHT</I> GRAPPLES WITH THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO MAKE THEATRE THAT PROTESTS THE POLICIES OF DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED WESTERN GOVERNMENTS IN A POST-MARXIST ERA. IT SHOWS HOW THE INTERNET HAS BECOME A KEY TOOL FOR DISSEMINATING ANTI-WAR PLAY TEXTS AND HOW ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA FORUMS ARE CHANGING TRADITIONAL DRAMATIC AESTHETICS AND BROADENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECTATOR ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION WITH A WORK AND THE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES IT PUTS FORWARD.&NBSP;</P>