Predramatic Theatre: The Radicalism of Early British Performance

Eleanor K Rycroft, Greg Walker

Research output: Book/ReportAuthored book

Abstract

Predramatic Theatre offers a fresh, innovative account of the drama of the period prior to the building of the professional playhouses read in the light of modern theories of the dramatic and postdramatic theatres. Designed to speak to scholars and students in both performance studies and literary studies, and to span the fields of pre-modern and contemporary performance, it uses the provocative notion of the Postdramatic Theatre, coined by Hans-Thies Lehmann, to suggest the radical practices at the heart of early drama, and to rethink the ways in which that drama is conceived and taught.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN (Electronic)9783032121295
ISBN (Print)9783032121288
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jan 2026

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
PublisherSpringer Nature
ISSN (Print)2947-5767
ISSN (Electronic)2947-5775

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