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Real Animals on the Stage

by Teresa Grant
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781032089997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 120
  • Original Price: GBP 41.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 226 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Theater / General

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the role of live animals on the stage, from the early modern era to the present time. The contributors deal with visual and textual representations of performing animals; typologies of animals in the theatre; the hybridization of the drama with the circus, the zoo, and the cinema; as well as the semiotic transfer of animal roles from the text to the stage. The focus lies on the changing historical fortunes of the four-footed actor and on exploring the ways that attitudes to the animal affect their dramatic representations - within aesthetic contexts but also in their dramatized scientific use. Exploring snapshots of acting animals from their earliest manifestation on the early modern stage, the chapters contextualize and theorize particular uses of the animal actor, and key into current debates on the cutting edge of animal performance studies. While seeking to consider how these theoretical perspectives were formed, the collection delves into the multiple ways through which the animal presence problematizes the practice of theatricality.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Theatre and Performance.

Teresa Grant is Associate Professor in Renaissance Theatre at the University of Warwick, UK. With primary research interests in early modern theatre (especially on the uses of animals on the stage), she also publishes more widely on Renaissance culture.

Ignacio Ramos-Gay is Associate Professor in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Valencia, Spain. His research focuses on contemporary European drama, reception studies, and popular culture.

Claudia Alonso Recarte is Associate Professor of English at the University of Valencia, Spain. Her research revolves around the field of (Critical) Animal Studies, with a special interest in the articulation of animal ethics discourses in literature and film, and their connection with national identities.

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