{"product_id":"authenticity-in-contemporary-theatre-and-performance-make-it-real-9781350000964","title":"Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance: Make It Real","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Schulze\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very evasive. This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework for analysis. Daniel Schulz argues that authenticity is sought out and marked by the individual and springs from a culture that is perceived as inherently fake and lacking depth. The study examines three types of performances that exemplify this structure of feeling: intimate theatre seen in Forced Entertainment productions such as \u003ci\u003eQuizoola!\u003c\/i\u003e (1996, 2015), as well as one-on-one performances, such as Oentroerend Goed's \u003ci\u003eInternal\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); immersive theatres as illustrated by Punchdrunk's shows \u003ci\u003eThe Masque of the Red Death\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) which provide a visceral, sensate understanding for audiences; finally, the study scrutinises the popular category of documentary theatre through various examples such as Robin Soan's \u003ci\u003eTalking to Terrorists\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), David Hare's \u003ci\u003eStuff Happens\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), Edmund Burke's \u003ci\u003eBlack Watch\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and Dennis Kelly's pseudo-documentary play \u003ci\u003eTaking Care of Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). It is specifically the value of the document that lends such performances their truth-value and consequently their authenticity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe study analyses how the success of these disparate categories of performance can be explained through a common concern with notions of truth and authenticity. It argues that this hunger for authentic, unmediated experience is characteristic of a structure of feeling that has superseded postmodernism and that actively seeks to resignify artistic and cultural practices of the everyday.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45082403569815,"sku":"9781350000964","price":12065.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350000964.webp?v=1767098614","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/authenticity-in-contemporary-theatre-and-performance-make-it-real-9781350000964","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}