Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow

Explores a range of performances in Ireland and the UK that engage with trauma and suffering
Focuses on figures who have previously been marginalised by dominant patriarchal theatrical and historical canons
Considers the staging of a range of traumatic episodes, including sexual violence, terminal illness, and asylum

Author: Miriam Haughton
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/09/2018
Pages: 243
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781137536624

About the Author

Miriam Haughton is Lecturer at the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. She has co-edited the collection Radical Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland (2015) and published multiple essays in international journals, including Contemporary Theatre Review, Modern Drama, and Irish Studies Review.