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Theatre and Therapy

Revised Edition
Series: Theatre And
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What is the relationship between theatre and therapy? How has this relationship developed over time, with a new contemporary focus on mental wellbeing? How is therapy put on the couch by theatrical performance? Theatre and Therapy explores the evolution of links between theatre and therapy by... Read More
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What is the relationship between theatre and therapy? How has this relationship developed over time, with a new contemporary focus on mental wellbeing? How is therapy put on the couch by theatrical performance?

Theatre and Therapy explores the evolution of links between theatre and therapy by considering actor training, theatre in therapeutic contexts, and contemporary theatre and performance practice. The book illuminates some of the connections and frictions between theatre and therapy, drawing on a range of examples that includes theatre performance, documentary theatre, solo performance, comedy, method acting, and dramatherapy.

This concise study traverses some of the changing interactions between theatre and therapy, and in this revised edition, takes into account shifting attitudes and approaches to theatre as a therapeutically inspired practice and tool.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350465084

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 176.0mm

Weight: 81g

Pages: 112

About the Author

Fintan Walsh is Professor of Performing Arts and Humanities and Director of Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His books include Performing Grief in Pandemic Theatres (2024) and Performing the Queer Past: Public Possessions (2023). He is a former editor of Theatre Research International and is founding Senior Editor of the Cambridge University Press series Elements in Contemporary Performance Texts.

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