Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive contribution to contemporary theatre made by actors with intellectual disabilities. This book offers an analysis of how these actors have emerged onto the main stage, and how their inclusion calls into question long-held assumptions about theatre and intellectual disability.
Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive contribution to contemporary theatre made by actors with intellectual disabilities. This book offers an analysis of how these actors have emerged onto the main stage, and how their inclusion calls into question long-held assumptions about theatre and intellectual disability.
Tony McCaffrey is a Lecturer in Creative Industries at the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Arts, Ara Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2004 he established the Different Light Theatre Company, an ensemble of performers with intellectual disabilities.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Framing the singularities of actors with intellectual disabilities in theatrical performance Chapter One: 'A spotlight on the subject of retardation': A Child is Waiting Chapter Two: Mirror stages: Aldo Gennaro and Robert Wilson Chapter Three: Parody, intermediality and postdramatic turns Conclusion and afterword: Lines of flight Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Framing the singularities of actors with intellectual disabilities in theatrical performance Chapter One: 'A spotlight on the subject of retardation': A Child is Waiting Chapter Two: Mirror stages: Aldo Gennaro and Robert Wilson Chapter Three: Parody, intermediality and postdramatic turns Conclusion and afterword: Lines of flight Index
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