Full Description
What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world? This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market.Foreword by Mark Ravenhill
Contents
Series Editors' Preface.- Foreword; Mark Ravenhill.- Artaud at the Balinese Theatre.- What is Globalization?.- Theatre and Globalization?.- It's the Economy, Stupid.- Karl Marx.- Nineteenth-century Globalization.- Twentieth-century Globalization.- Globalization: For and Against.- McTheatre.- A Short History of the Theatre Programme.- The Anti-globalization Movement.- Localization.- Cosmopolitanism.- Universals and Theatre.- Cosmopolitanism vs. Globalization.- Theatre& Cosmopolitanism.- Conclusion.- Further Reading.- Index.
