Revolutions · A Batch from TDR (MIT Press Batches)

“ Revolutions brings together some of the most vibrant writings on performance and politics published during the last half century,” writes Dominika Laster in her introduction to Revolutions: A Batch from TDR/The Drama Review. Bringing together articles spanning 50 years of TDR , this Batch focuses on performance through the lens of revolutions and politics. The authors explore such topics as the development of epic theatre, the role of theatre in revolution, and the lessons we can learn from indigenous performances in Bangledesh.

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Contents

The Development of Brecht's Theory of Epic Theatre, 1918-1933

Werner Hecht

Political Theatre as Popular Entertainment: The San Francisco Mime Troupe

Theodore Shank

Country and City: Theatre in Revolution

Randy Martin

Reverend Billy: Preaching, Protest, and Postindustrial Flânerie

Jill Lane

Not In Between: Lyric Painting, Visual History, and the Postcolonial Future

Fred Moten

Staging the Greensboro Sit-Ins

Rebekah J. Kowal

Hegemony, Resistance, and Subaltern Silence: Lessons from Indigenous Performances of Bangladesh

Syed Jamil Ahmed

Staging Resistance in Bil'in: The Performance of Violence in a Palestinian Village

Rania Jawad

The Pixelated Revolution

Rabih Mroué, translated by Ziad Nawfal, with introduction by Carol Martin

The Fire and the Frying Pan: Censorship and Performance in Egypt

Nehad Selaiha

Standing Man and the Impromptu Performance of Hope: An Interview with Erdem Gündüz

Erin B. Mee

Could You Please Look into the Camera?

Mohammad Al Attar