
Tormented Minds
Christine Roberts(Author)
Intellect Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
137 pages
978-1-84150-081-2 (ISBN)
Description
This anthology contains three plays (Ceremonial Kisses, Shading the Crime, and The Maternal Cloister) that feature a protagonist who is compelled to confront his or her particular oppressors. The critique of this oppression through theatre falls on particular social institutions and differs for each character. The main institutions under scrutiny are religion and the state.
The plays are very different in style and include the use of physical theatre, naturalistic explorations of human rights abuses, and symbolic structures, puppets and poetry. The plays are supported by an analysis of their processes and themes. All have reached production and the text is supplemented by photographs of these performances.
The plays are very different in style and include the use of physical theatre, naturalistic explorations of human rights abuses, and symbolic structures, puppets and poetry. The plays are supported by an analysis of their processes and themes. All have reached production and the text is supplemented by photographs of these performances.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84150-081-2 (9781841500812)
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Person
Christine Roberts works as a Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at the University of Plymouth, England. She is also a founder member of the theatre company Lusty Juventus. She has been writing professionally since 1996 and has had four of her plays performed nationally. Ceremonial Kisses was the first play performed by Lusty Juventus and was selected by The Times as one of the highlights of the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; the company later performed this play in London, Bristol and Exeter. Shading the Crime was the second of her plays for Lusty Juventus and was later selected to open The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford in a production by Ellie Parker (1998).