Death in modern theatre: Stages of mortality ISBN: 9781526124715 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Manchester University Press Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Performing Arts;
This book analyses representations of death and dying in modern Western theatre from the late nineteenth century onward, examining how and why historically informed conceptions of mortality are dramatized and staged.
Adrian Curtin is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter