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Tom Fahy & Kimball King
Peering Behind the Curtain [PDF ebook]
Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

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This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, ‘night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James Mc Donald.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 194 ● ISBN 9781135308964 ● Editor Tom Fahy & Kimball King ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2815578 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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